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Old 24th May 2005, 03:13 PM   #4
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Originally Posted by tom hyle
The blade almost exactly resembles some Ethiopian military spears I have that came out of the arsenal at Addis Ababa. There are only two differences that I see: first, and lesser, is that mine have a hard, smooth, black, deliberately made original patina of some sort remaining on most of their surfaces, while this one looks like bare metal(?); second is that my Ethiopian spears are socketted, not tanged.
Tom

I think this spear is socketed if you mean that the shaft goes into the head rather than a tang being pushed into the wood similar to Moro spears?


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