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Old 17th January 2006, 11:21 AM   #3
Lew
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Originally Posted by Dom
to remove the thorns from bush?
often, those arm dagger have a short metal part at extremity of the handle for that purpose
you are sure about the Sudanese origine for that dagger?

an other hand, Masaï have custom to take some quantity of blood from their cattles for their feeding, that long needle could be useful for that action

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Dom
Hi Dom
The seller said he obtained it was purchased it in the Sahara Desert in 1989 ?
It's not Massai and I do have a around 8 of these knives in my collection all with similar features its missing the disk pommel but it is could be a variation of that style of dagger. Where do you think it comes from?


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