Hello drzzzzz, your seme was probbaly made no earlier than the 1950s.These are carried by many tribes,Samburu ,Kikuyu ,Nandi,Masai and others across much of central east Africa.Most modern seme are ground from machete but you still find forged ones.The modern seme is also a shorter more general purpose weapon/tool than the old version which has a longer reach.Here are two modern ones with the old version.I am sure somebody may be able to show or tell us more about the original machete.Tim
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