Yathagan - for comment and translation

Martin Lubojacky · 2nd December 2012, 08:09 PM

Thank you, Teodor and Ariel, for introduction to the issue of yathagans.
When I was working in Africa, I always liked collecting on the remote countriside - one could make notice "collected here or there". But also this is questionable nowadays. When my colleague went to Ongota tribe in South Ethiopia 18 years ago (allegedly 2 days on foot from the road, car could not pass), he did not have any gift for those people. So I gave him dagger from Finland. So now, if the dagger is equipped with local Ongota sheath and belt, it could be a good confusion for a visitor-collector. I think something similar has always been happening - even during the 19 th century in the Mediterranean region...

2nd December 2012, 08:09 PM	#14
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Thank you, Teodor and Ariel, for introduction to the issue of yathagans. When I was working in Africa, I always liked collecting on the remote countriside - one could make notice "collected here or there". But also this is questionable nowadays. When my colleague went to Ongota tribe in South Ethiopia 18 years ago (allegedly 2 days on foot from the road, car could not pass), he did not have any gift for those people. So I gave him dagger from Finland. So now, if the dagger is equipped with local Ongota sheath and belt, it could be a good confusion for a visitor-collector. I think something similar has always been happening - even during the 19 th century in the Mediterranean region...