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Lew · 5th July 2008, 04:57 PM

Hi All

This just arrived today. Seems to a very nice 19th century Shona dagger with a very well carved two tone wood scabbard with braided brass wire on the hilt and throat of scabbard with some type of sinew on the tip at the bottom. The blade is 6.75" forged in the traditional manner. I have added another Shona dagger from around 1930-40s for comparison. As you can see the later dagger has no elaborate carving and the braided wire is copper rather than brass.

Lew

5th July 2008, 04:57 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Nice Shona Dagger For Comment Hi All This just arrived today. Seems to a very nice 19th century Shona dagger with a very well carved two tone wood scabbard with braided brass wire on the hilt and throat of scabbard with some type of sinew on the tip at the bottom. The blade is 6.75" forged in the traditional manner. I have added another Shona dagger from around 1930-40s for comparison. As you can see the later dagger has no elaborate carving and the braided wire is copper rather than brass. Lew Attached Images Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 5th July 2008 at 05:13 PM.