Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Ethiopian scabbard with utility knife????

colin henshaw · 9th October 2020, 08:48 AM

[QUOTE=kronckew]Please post a Photo of the sword too for the record!

"Do you recall your source for this titbit of esoterica?"

I've heard of this too, I think it was first observed and reported by the Scottish explorer James Bruce ? Or perhaps it was in Alan Moorehead's book "The Blue Nile"...

9th October 2020, 08:48 AM	#3
colin henshaw Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 1,430	[QUOTE=kronckew]Please post a Photo of the sword too for the record! "Do you recall your source for this titbit of esoterica?" I've heard of this too, I think it was first observed and reported by the Scottish explorer James Bruce ? Or perhaps it was in Alan Moorehead's book "The Blue Nile"...