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Michel · 27th March 2007, 09:17 AM

Hi Carlos,
Our daggers are sisters or at least cousin !
Yours has an interesting modern scabbard. In the thread I found and the book of Tirri, the scabbards are always for two or three daggers and systematically in lizard or crocodile skin.
Mine has a flat blade (1.7 mm thick) not forged but cut in a flat iron and filed. The writing is acid etched. I have no scabbard.
The handle is very roughly cut and hardly polished. I have made the hot needle test and can confirm it is bone or in a plastic that does not melt !
Regards
Michel

27th March 2007, 09:17 AM	#7
Michel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Switzerland Posts: 139	Sudanese dagger Hi Carlos, Our daggers are sisters or at least cousin ! Yours has an interesting modern scabbard. In the thread I found and the book of Tirri, the scabbards are always for two or three daggers and systematically in lizard or crocodile skin. Mine has a flat blade (1.7 mm thick) not forged but cut in a flat iron and filed. The writing is acid etched. I have no scabbard. The handle is very roughly cut and hardly polished. I have made the hot needle test and can confirm it is bone or in a plastic that does not melt ! Regards Michel