Abyssinian ? sword

[Jim McDougall]

LOL! Actually you did, just didnt know it yet It seems you are widely diverse in the scope of your collecting, and to me most ethnographic collectors brach into many fields. Many have favorite or specialist areas, but as shown, through trade and diffusion of forms, finding variants and tracking the history of them is pure adventure, and few of us can resist sallying forth into those!

All the best,
Jim

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

LOL! Actually you did, just didnt know it yet It seems you are widely diverse in the scope of your collecting, and to me most ethnographic collectors brach into many fields. Many have favorite or specialist areas, but as shown, through trade and diffusion of forms, finding variants and tracking the history of them is pure adventure, and few of us can resist sallying forth into those!

All the best,
Jim

Very amusing ! You absolutely right Jim , but I always tried to be quite strict ..anything I bought by chance that didnt fit the collection went on to the heap in the loft . The idea was to sell them to finance the collecting habit , but in fact they lay there for many decades . Now I am having fun spending time ( which nowadays I have a little more of ) cleaning and researching them , selling the occasional bit . This forum has been a huge help , education and stimulus to my hobby , so cheers to all of you ! .