A Fine and Fascinating SE African YAO Dagger

CharlesS · 26th March 2020, 04:30 PM

Richard, thanks so much for your additions. Those are very old examples!

Ariel, thanks for your comments...you made me do some hard work, but I love it!

Richard G · 27th March 2020, 01:26 PM

Here is a knife of the same construction but showing a lot 'African' characteristics, the lack of which seem to trouble some of our fellow forumites
Regards
Richard

Martin Lubojacky · 27th March 2020, 06:44 PM

This is very nice knife (East African, probably Yao ...

and good discussion. Thank you.

(I think that such short tongue could derogate general working life and "load characteristic" of the knife as such. I was always wondering why in some cases they made it so short. In the case of longer and heavier blades - e.g. so called Berber (or Dominican

swords it was not too much practical....)

27th March 2020, 01:26 PM	#2
Richard G Member Join Date: Jan 2012 Posts: 411	Here is a knife of the same construction but showing a lot 'African' characteristics, the lack of which seem to trouble some of our fellow forumites Regards Richard Attached Images

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26th March 2020, 04:30 PM	#1
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	Richard, thanks so much for your additions. Those are very old examples! Ariel, thanks for your comments...you made me do some hard work, but I love it!

27th March 2020, 06:44 PM	#3
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	This is very nice knife (East African, probably Yao ... and good discussion. Thank you. (I think that such short tongue could derogate general working life and "load characteristic" of the knife as such. I was always wondering why in some cases they made it so short. In the case of longer and heavier blades - e.g. so called Berber (or Dominican swords it was not too much practical....)