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Old 1st May 2007, 12:02 AM   #3
VANDOO
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AN INTERESTING DAGGER, THE HANDLE LOOKS LIKE AN AFRICAN ANTELOPE HORN THE HORNS I HAVE SEEN ON MOST INDIAN WEAPONS WERE BLACKBUCK HORNS. THE BLACKBUCK HORN SPIRALS SORT OF LIKE A KUDU HORN MOST OTHER ANTELOPES HAVE CURVED HORNS. THE BLADE DOSEN'T LOOK LIKE THE ONES USUALLY SEEN ON THE HORN HANDLED DAGGERS FROM AFRICA THEY HAVE FLAT BLADES OFTEN WITH ARABIC WRITEINGS. IT DOSEN'T LOOK LIKE A TRADITIONAL INDONESIAN OR MALAY KERIS BLADE EITHER. THE OTHER EXAMPLES OF THESE HORN HANDLED DAGGERS NEVER HAD A GAURD THIS ONE LOOKS LIKE IT WAS MADE FROM A KITCHEN TRIVIT PROBABLY A ONE OF A KIND KNIFE , I CAN'T TELL IF THERE WAS PARMOR ON THE BLADE BUT IT DOES APPEAR TO HAVE A THICK CENTER RIDGE SO PERHAPS A DIAMOND SHAPED CROSS SECTION. A INTERESTING LITTLE TABLE OF GOODIES THANKS FOR SHAREING.
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