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VANDOO · 23rd October 2015, 02:25 AM

A PICTURE OF A SIMILAR SEME SWORD IMPORTED INTO KENYA DURING ITS COLONIAL DAYS THERE.MOST OF THIS FLAT TYPE BLADE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TRADED MOSTLY TO THE KIKUYU TRIBE AND SOME OF THIS STYLE WERE Y\USED DURING THE MAU MAU REBELLION FROM 1952 TO 1960.
THE MASAI TRIBES PREFER THE SWORD BLADE TO HAVE A RIDGE DOWN THE MIDDLE LIKE THE BLADES ON THEIR LION SPEAR. A SEARCH OF THE FORUM USING SEME, MAU MAU OR MASAI SHOULD BRING SOME INFORMATION.
PICTURE #1 & #2. 57 CM. LONG, BRITISH SWORD WITH TRADITIONAL NATIVE MADE SCABBARD.
#3. SEME TRADITIONAL SWORD OF THE MASAI TRIBES NOTE CENTRAL RIDGE ON BLADE

23rd October 2015, 02:25 AM	#3
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A PICTURE OF A SIMILAR SEME SWORD IMPORTED INTO KENYA DURING ITS COLONIAL DAYS THERE.MOST OF THIS FLAT TYPE BLADE SEEM TO HAVE BEEN TRADED MOSTLY TO THE KIKUYU TRIBE AND SOME OF THIS STYLE WERE Y\USED DURING THE MAU MAU REBELLION FROM 1952 TO 1960. THE MASAI TRIBES PREFER THE SWORD BLADE TO HAVE A RIDGE DOWN THE MIDDLE LIKE THE BLADES ON THEIR LION SPEAR. A SEARCH OF THE FORUM USING SEME, MAU MAU OR MASAI SHOULD BRING SOME INFORMATION. PICTURE #1 & #2. 57 CM. LONG, BRITISH SWORD WITH TRADITIONAL NATIVE MADE SCABBARD. #3. SEME TRADITIONAL SWORD OF THE MASAI TRIBES NOTE CENTRAL RIDGE ON BLADE Attached Images Last edited by VANDOO; 23rd October 2015 at 07:26 AM.