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6th May 2008, 03:42 PM
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Tim
It looks fine to me leave the blade alone if you want a touch of brown paste shoe polish where the leather is scuffed but thats all  Lew |
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6th May 2008, 04:18 PM
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CONSIDERING ITS AGE AND WHERE ITS FROM IT IS IN GREAT SHAPE. THE ONLY THING I SEE DAMMAGED IS ONE SHOULDER ON THE WOOD HANDLE BUT I WOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT IF IT WERE MINE. IT LOOKS GOOD TO GO TO ME , ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS ENJOY IT AND TRY TO FIND OUT ABOUT IT. CONGRADULATIONS
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6th May 2008, 04:22 PM
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Thank you, at first all I could see was the broken shoulder on the handle. I think to fiddle with it is to damage it even further. Thanks.
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6th May 2008, 05:55 PM
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I think this is from the Lur tribe, Western Uganda. A rare knife.
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6th May 2008, 06:25 PM
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Described as MABENDI from Congo in "Beauté Fatale" page 199.
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6th May 2008, 06:37 PM
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Thanks chaps so very helpful such a pleasure to show this item. The border between the Congo and Uganda is rather a modern concept. What super responses
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6th May 2008, 06:41 PM
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here it is, not far from Uganda.
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6th May 2008, 04:21 PM
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The mysterious knife...
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