19th Century Manding Dagger For Comment?

Lew · 9th June 2007, 10:53 PM

Jim

X is a line art african symbol sign from the ivory coast meaning life everlasting. The ivory coast (officially the republic of cote d`ivoire) is adjacent to mali, burkina faso, liberia and guinea. I guess that would be a good symbol to have on a weapon when you are going into battle

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Lew

Jim McDougall · 19th June 2007, 04:22 AM

Hi Lew,
Outstanding info on the X marking, thank you so much!! It seems I have seen similar symbol on the scabbard of one of those so called 'Berber' sabres.
All the best,
Jim

9th June 2007, 10:53 PM	#1
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Jim X is a line art african symbol sign from the ivory coast meaning life everlasting. The ivory coast (officially the republic of cote d`ivoire) is adjacent to mali, burkina faso, liberia and guinea. I guess that would be a good symbol to have on a weapon when you are going into battle http://www.fotosearch.com/eclecticol...ols/ECC115/17/ Lew Last edited by LOUIEBLADES; 10th June 2007 at 04:12 PM.

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19th June 2007, 04:22 AM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,196	Hi Lew, Outstanding info on the X marking, thank you so much!! It seems I have seen similar symbol on the scabbard of one of those so called 'Berber' sabres. All the best, Jim