Went back to the shop this afternoon and looked at the iKlwa. I believe the blade is real. It might have been a battlefield pick up or a ground find. That is usually what causes the type of rust and pitting this blade has. The shaft well it's not old. The Butt isn't even flared. The shaft is light and open pored and smelled of shoe dye. It doesn't compare to the heavier dense wood of the shafts of my other two known Zulu spear. The butt is cut square with a saw.
To much chicanery for me...I'll keep looking.
DD
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