Tsonga club

katana · 12th July 2006, 12:28 PM

Hi DD,
nice Knobkerrie.

Now lets get this straight......your wife if forcing you to buy African weapons, for her............um......don't have any arguments ...you just might find out how painful a blow from one of these things really is

( actually.... 'the yes dear'..... is an excellent survival strategy....that or wear a crash helmet

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The Double D · 13th July 2006, 04:16 PM

Here are the rest of the Wife's acquisitions. The seller told me that he acquires them from people in Zululand. He works them over with 0000 steel wool and the wipes them with shoe wax. I told him next time he get some in to call me before he cleans them.

The bottom one is a very typical of what is represented here as Zulu.
Does any one have any opinions on the top one.

Tim Simmons · 13th July 2006, 05:31 PM

You must tell your friend he is a bad man. The top one looks more like a staff and has some age inspite of your friends attention. I have used the finest of steel wool with wax but I might add very gently and knowing when to stop.

The Double D · 13th July 2006, 06:34 PM

I also believe the long one is a walking stick or a staff. I believe I have seen pictures of these used or carried by Zulu leaders.

This stick and the Tsonga Club don't appear to have been refinished, but the Zulu knobkerrie definitely has. Doesn't matter, it is the Wife's. She likes it as it is and has advised me to leave it alone...."Yes Dear!"

12th July 2006, 12:28 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi DD, nice Knobkerrie. Now lets get this straight......your wife if forcing you to buy African weapons, for her............um......don't have any arguments ...you just might find out how painful a blow from one of these things really is ( actually.... 'the yes dear'..... is an excellent survival strategy....that or wear a crash helmet )

13th July 2006, 04:16 PM	#2
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	Here are the rest of the Wife's acquisitions. The seller told me that he acquires them from people in Zululand. He works them over with 0000 steel wool and the wipes them with shoe wax. I told him next time he get some in to call me before he cleans them. The bottom one is a very typical of what is represented here as Zulu. Does any one have any opinions on the top one.

13th July 2006, 05:31 PM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,856	You must tell your friend he is a bad man. The top one looks more like a staff and has some age inspite of your friends attention. I have used the finest of steel wool with wax but I might add very gently and knowing when to stop.

13th July 2006, 06:34 PM	#4
The Double D Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: On the banks of Cut Bank Creek, Montana Posts: 189	I also believe the long one is a walking stick or a staff. I believe I have seen pictures of these used or carried by Zulu leaders. This stick and the Tsonga Club don't appear to have been refinished, but the Zulu knobkerrie definitely has. Doesn't matter, it is the Wife's. She likes it as it is and has advised me to leave it alone...."Yes Dear!"