Zulu spear

kronckew · 12th March 2018, 12:38 AM

'Victorian' covers almost the entire 19c, so that would probably be safe. The wood, binding and steel patina looks consistent with that to me too. because of the UK's invasion of the KwaZulu nation in the latter half of the era, and the war with the Boers, a lot of souvenirs from there were brought back to the UK.

kronckew · 14th May 2018, 02:53 PM

I just took delivery of two Ik'lwa that were sold as a pair of shortened ethnic african spears, and quite inexpensively. The sharks (other than me) were not biting that day.

14 in.sharp blades of flat diamond x-section, 26 in. wooden hafts tapering up to the hilt end, socketed blades bound with twisted rawhide 'bolsters'. they both have the Zulu 'pinch' on the bit of tang outside the socket. These I gather were 'GI' for the lower ranking warriors

14th May 2018, 02:53 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,266	I just took delivery of two Ik'lwa that were sold as a pair of shortened ethnic african spears, and quite inexpensively. The sharks (other than me) were not biting that day. 14 in.sharp blades of flat diamond x-section, 26 in. wooden hafts tapering up to the hilt end, socketed blades bound with twisted rawhide 'bolsters'. they both have the Zulu 'pinch' on the bit of tang outside the socket. These I gather were 'GI' for the lower ranking warriors Attached Images

12th March 2018, 12:38 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,266	'Victorian' covers almost the entire 19c, so that would probably be safe. The wood, binding and steel patina looks consistent with that to me too. because of the UK's invasion of the KwaZulu nation in the latter half of the era, and the war with the Boers, a lot of souvenirs from there were brought back to the UK.