I have been lucky just lately

. That will probably end soon

. The cost of shipping with bad pics must of helped. I bought this thinking it was
African maybe Congo or West Africa. It could be Asian, Indian. The way the decoration around the handle part spreads out and dissipates in a subtle way makes me think
if it is Asian I would think it was from the North East Frontier wild tribes as they used to say. Personally I think this kind of subtly is more
African 
. I need some help on this one. I favour Africa but I would

. The total length is just over 152cm. The blade is 18cm long. The brass parts are approximately 4cm in diameter. It is heavy and could deliver a tremendous thrust.