the blade join from the original vendor pics, no colour corrections, just enlarged a bit. not brassy looking, could be the join where it was hammer welded on one side. time will tell...
i read somewhere the northern shona in zimbabwe carved their hafts. the chequering over runs on this lead me to believe it was not a practised hand.
as long as it's NOT braised, i'll be a happy bunny. if it is, dems da breaks, will make a nice wall hanger. didn't pay a fortune for it.