old dagger from Ethiopia

[Martin Lubojacky]

The length is cca 45 cms. Handle covered by thick brass. It think interesting piece, maybe comming from Ethiopian Somalia, or influenced at least.

[Iain]

Very nice piece, looks much older than most daggers I've seen with that style of hilt. The blade shape seems unusual as well?

[Martin Lubojacky]

It could be really old - maybe end of 19th/beginning of 20 th century. The curvature of th blade is interesting (but it is not bent to the sides)

[G. Mansfield]

A beautiful piece. I've never seen anything like it before. Is the middle pommel cap missing by chance?

-Geoff

[Martin Lubojacky]

I don´t know, if it was there originally, it is missing for a long time

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Agreed ...This is old. I place http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=22508 as the basic style; Billao. The hilt is extraordinary being hexagonal or near that...