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Hombre
6th December 2016, 07:14 PM
I belive this is an African knife....
Am I righ or wrong? Any information at all about this knife should be very much appreciated....
Best,
Stefan
Sweden
Hombre
7th December 2016, 07:38 AM
The pictures do not seems to work.... sorry....
Kmaddock
7th December 2016, 08:20 AM
Hi
Looks to be a Seme knife from the Masai Tribe of Kenya and Tanzania
Can see some platination on the metal so should have some age to it
Regards
Ken
Iain
7th December 2016, 08:53 AM
As Ken says, it's a seme. Looks to be mid 20th century to me and manufactured from scrap steel, usually a car/truck leaf spring.
Battara
7th December 2016, 05:17 PM
I would agree so far - a Massai seme.
Hombre
7th December 2016, 08:27 PM
Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it.
Best,
Stefan
Sweden
Ian
9th December 2016, 05:12 AM
As Ken says, it's a seme. Looks to be mid 20th century to me and manufactured from scrap steel, usually a car/truck leaf spring.Little further to add except that European machetes were used often for seme blades made in the 20th C. The steel was much better than the iron derived from native sources. Such conversions are readily distinguished by the lack of a central rib, as found on earlier examples.
Ian.
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