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5th August 2005, 04:17 AM
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African Shona Dagger For Comment
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This arrived today a nice Shona dagger with a 10" blade. The scabbard is that nice two tone wood you often see on knobkerries and it is bound with copper braided rings. Let me know what you think? I cleaned up the blade and it seems two tone also one side light the other is darkened. Lew |
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5th August 2005, 02:31 PM
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Great knife with what looks like no unravelling of the copper weaving. Tim
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5th August 2005, 02:33 PM
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All the braids are nice and tight. How old would you think the dagger is? Lew |
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5th August 2005, 02:41 PM
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It is a very pretty example and the black and white blades of these knives are most attractive. From what I can see I should think it is no earlier than the 1930s. Tim
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5th August 2005, 03:19 PM
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Great dagger Lew. I also think, like Tim, that the age could be around 1930.
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5th August 2005, 05:26 PM
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I agree 1930s maybe mid 1920s the earliest. The patina on the wood matches a large knobkerrie that was dated 1920s it is of the same type of wood as the dagger. Lew |
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5th August 2005, 06:18 PM
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Hello Lew, if i'm not wrong this kind of wood is called ironwood.
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6th August 2005, 04:29 AM
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It's either ironwood or African blackwood either way it's very dense and hard and takes a nice finish. Lew |
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8th August 2005, 12:44 AM
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Very nice Lew!
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