Diffusion of "civilisations" -Omo river dagger

shayde78 · 26th October 2017, 12:52 AM

Martin,
Thank you for posting this! I love to see the ingenuity of man represented thru the creation of useful things out of discarded bits of other cast off things. In our mass-produced Western world too many of us fail to see the genius of simply 'making do'. For what my opinion is worth, please preserve it as is to honor its maker.

Martin Lubojacky · 26th October 2017, 06:43 AM

Yeas, I will probably do. It will not be on the wall, but it should stay like it is now ...

motan · 26th October 2017, 10:47 AM

Hi Martin,
First, I think that if you modify your dagger, it will be worth absolutely nothing. As it is, it still has some value..
I think that most of us have some "drawer only" pieces that are nevertheles loved. It would be nice to have a thread dedicated to those sometime.

Mine are particulalrly ugly. Even the good ones from my area of collection are not particularly brilliant works, so the standard is not high.
Here are two. The smaller one is of unknown origin but it is quite old and not that badly made - just plain and ugly. The bigger one is typical Sinai "craftmanship" and shows similarity in decoration to some bedouin swords. The hilt material is some black plastic.
Got them as part of larger lot and I love them for their rustic charm (but keep them stashed in the drawer).

26th October 2017, 10:47 AM	#3
motan Member Join Date: Apr 2016 Location: Jerusalem Posts: 274	Hi Martin, First, I think that if you modify your dagger, it will be worth absolutely nothing. As it is, it still has some value.. I think that most of us have some "drawer only" pieces that are nevertheles loved. It would be nice to have a thread dedicated to those sometime. Mine are particulalrly ugly. Even the good ones from my area of collection are not particularly brilliant works, so the standard is not high. Here are two. The smaller one is of unknown origin but it is quite old and not that badly made - just plain and ugly. The bigger one is typical Sinai "craftmanship" and shows similarity in decoration to some bedouin swords. The hilt material is some black plastic. Got them as part of larger lot and I love them for their rustic charm (but keep them stashed in the drawer). Attached Images

26th October 2017, 12:52 AM	#1
shayde78 Member Join Date: Mar 2017 Posts: 445	Martin, Thank you for posting this! I love to see the ingenuity of man represented thru the creation of useful things out of discarded bits of other cast off things. In our mass-produced Western world too many of us fail to see the genius of simply 'making do'. For what my opinion is worth, please preserve it as is to honor its maker.

26th October 2017, 06:43 AM	#2
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Yeas, I will probably do. It will not be on the wall, but it should stay like it is now ...