Assegai

[kronckew]

robertguy's closeup of the blade/shaft transition was a bit fuzzy. i see now he's added clearer photos showing the distinctive zulu notch.

mine looks like the attached, tho my blade is of the more expected shallow diamond x-section. as noted, i also have not heard of zulu iklwa without the notches, and they all are tanged rather than socketed. the joint is usually re-enforced with wire work as in my case, or a degloved cow/calf tail skin applied wet then dried to a tight seamless fit.

edited: robert added clear photos of the notch as i was composing.

i've seen photos of zulu stabbing axes with the asymmetrical forging like yours on the blade.