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Sajen 3rd February 2013 03:03 PM
African knife for id
 
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And I have thought it is a sleeper! :D ;) This very nice african short sword was recently sold by ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/UNUSUAL-HAND...vip=true&rt=nc
Would like to know from which tribe this knife is coming and what you think about.

Regards,

Detlef

Luc LEFEBVRE 3rd February 2013 03:14 PM
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Nice old Yakoma knife from north Congo. Just have to work on it...

Sajen 3rd February 2013 03:17 PM
Thank you very much Luc! :)

Jim McDougall 3rd February 2013 04:18 PM
Looks like it is from the Congo.

Sajen 3rd February 2013 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall
Looks like it is from the Congo.
Yes, from Congo like Luc write in up, I have done some resaerch, Robert have bought one time a very similar one where you can see how beautiful this one will look when the new owner will have cleaned it: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=yakoma

Regards,

Detlef


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