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Old 4th June 2017, 05:46 PM   #24
Jim McDougall
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Very attractive example Wayne! Really displays the phenomenal leather work characteristic of these people. The stirrup hilt European style on this sword reminds me of quite modern examples of these seen still carried by some forces in coastal West Africa in conflicts in 1980s.The hilt on this one does seem much older, the examples I refer to were brass.
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