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Old 13th October 2006, 08:06 PM   #1
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Default Azande or boa sword from congo

This one just came in. Some googling gave me a few simular swords discribed as Azande SLAVE RAIDER'S SHORTSWORD? but looks also like a Boa sword or are they been used by both of them?
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Old 13th October 2006, 08:17 PM   #2
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Very nice handle .
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Old 13th October 2006, 08:26 PM   #3
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HI Guy, very nice Boa sword! Congrats
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Old 13th October 2006, 10:09 PM   #4
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Very nice... now I am going to have to add one of these swords to my 'wish list'
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Old 13th October 2006, 11:52 PM   #5
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Very nice love the hilt.

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Old 14th October 2006, 10:26 PM   #6
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Nice one , beautiful handle.
http://lulef.free.fr/html/boa.html
They exist from 20cm to 1meter, used has weapons or money.
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Old 15th October 2006, 04:07 AM   #7
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Here are my two large and smaller version.
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