dagger for ID
 

anyone go any ideas as to what this is..... belongs to an acquaintance

Looks African to me. Can you please post full length pics of the scabbard?
Stu

here goes ...

The blade also looks like it was made from an old file.

I was hoping to see some leather tassels but it is quite possible with the different colour to the leather that they have gone over time.
My thought is that this is from the Sahel, possibly Mali or nearby.
Hopefully someone with better knowledge of African daggers can better place the origin.
Stu

Tough to say, the hilt is usually a large part of IDing a region for daggers. So that makes it quite a bit harder! I agree it looks like it was made from a file.