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Lew · 21st June 2005, 03:10 AM

Hi Guys

Well I took a better picture of the dagger in question. I also looked through a few books and on the web. I do think it is an arm dagger of sorts but it's not Tebu due to the lack of that steel skull crusher pommel. It doesn't strike me as Sudanese either ? The scabbard is wood covered in leather similar to Salampasu weapons and the blade and hilt resemble a Mbuun sword found on page 64 in Spring's book on African weapons. The hilt has a conical shape at the pommel which I have seen on knives from Zaire.

Lew

21st June 2005, 03:10 AM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Hi Guys Well I took a better picture of the dagger in question. I also looked through a few books and on the web. I do think it is an arm dagger of sorts but it's not Tebu due to the lack of that steel skull crusher pommel. It doesn't strike me as Sudanese either ? The scabbard is wood covered in leather similar to Salampasu weapons and the blade and hilt resemble a Mbuun sword found on page 64 in Spring's book on African weapons. The hilt has a conical shape at the pommel which I have seen on knives from Zaire. Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 21st June 2005 at 05:57 PM.