african sword ? for comments

[galvano]

What think of this.
The blade is rusted.
galvano

[Tim Simmons]

Looks like an old sword from the Mandara region. There are many similarities to this not so old one I purchased from Luc, personally I would have kept hold of it but he does have another really super one. The guards can vary from curving to the hilt or to the blade.

[Tim Simmons]

This is quite interesting, give some idea of the extent of the area.
http://www.mandaras.info/