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2nd June 2017, 08:27 PM
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Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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just received this mandinka sword, this thread looked like a good place to post it.
4.5 in. grip, sheet steel guard. grip has a brass or copper spacer at the guard, a steel ring bolster and a leather covered grip sewn along the top and black laquered. pommel has a featureless copper disk (coin?) keeper under the peened tang. blade has a dark patination with some darker oxide areas and a few small pitting areas. blade is 23.25 inches long, 1.125 in. wide at the guard, 4mm thick at the guard, slight distal taper to 3mm near the tip. hammer marks from the forging evident along the blade. leather scabbard with traditional banding patterns, braided suspension cords and buttons.leather fringe tassels. |
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