AFRICAN BOWIE KNIFE ? - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

Royston AFRICAN BOWIE KNIFE ? 21st August 2010, 01:20 PM

katana The sheath and hilt are... 21st August 2010, 01:40 PM

KuKulzA28 blade looks like it could... 21st August 2010, 03:40 PM

katana You are probably right....... 21st August 2010, 04:07 PM

laEspadaAncha The blade is typical of the... 21st August 2010, 05:18 PM

Royston Thanks everyone. David,... 22nd August 2010, 11:50 AM

Gavin Nugent Hi Royston, If by local... 22nd August 2010, 01:25 PM

KuKulzA28 Collins was a very popular... 22nd August 2010, 02:14 PM

Tim Simmons Pictures from "British and... 22nd August 2010, 05:07 PM

laEspadaAncha Good find, Tim... :) One... 22nd August 2010, 06:31 PM

laEspadaAncha One other note: WWII-era... 22nd August 2010, 06:39 PM

Tim Simmons Cool!!!! :cool: Even the... 22nd August 2010, 06:53 PM

katana Hi Roy, how thick... 22nd August 2010, 07:10 PM

22nd August 2010, 02:14 PM	#8
KuKulzA28 Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: between work and sleep Posts: 731	Collins was a very popular machete brand during that time. EspadaAncha has been pretty thorough about explaining it. I don't know how old Martindale is, but their machetes are very popular in Africa today, perhaps it was a cut down martindale... hard to say

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