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Old 27th March 2008, 02:25 AM   #1
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Nice one Flavio!

I was watching an almost identical one on ebay a week ago (http://cgi.ebay.ca/KORDOFAN-DAGGER_W...QQcmdZViewItem). The seller said it was from Kordofan (Sudan) and that he had seen them made there in the 1960s. Bladesmiths and hilt makers were in the same spot and customers could pick and mix blades with fittings as they wanted. Can anyone corroborate this?

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Old 27th March 2008, 10:13 AM   #2
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Hello Emanuel,

the seller says that the dagger is from 1850

"1850 fully documented African dagger , lovely detail on handle and sheaf , and blade is in an uncleaned state as is the rest of the knife , comes with receipt of date of purchase , great condition"

but who knows for sure the one you post is quite similar.....
Maybe a vintage souvenir but seems well made.... like the Tjikerohoe goloks from indonesia.... Now I'm very very curious to see this "receipt"....

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Old 27th March 2008, 11:30 AM   #3
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Flavio


I hate to tell you but your dagger is a early to mid 20th century 1920s-50.

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Old 27th March 2008, 11:49 AM   #4
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No problem Lew I just hope that is at least nice!
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Old 5th April 2008, 03:27 PM   #5
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Ok, also this one is arrived, and well, I think that it's really nice What do you think?
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Old 5th April 2008, 03:45 PM   #6
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Flavio,

I am sorry to say that this one is really dissapointing.

I think the best thing to do is to send it to my address

And stop posting these wonderfull daggers, we are all in great danger of getting infected with the same virus

Ps. was the receipt dated 1850 ?
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Old 5th April 2008, 04:38 PM   #7
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Thank you Willem Unfortunatly the receipt wasn't in the parcel and so I ask the seller to send me, but maybe the story of the receipt it's just a big lie.... who knows

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