Very Interesting African Sword

Atlantia · 15th January 2009, 10:42 PM

Its an absolute beauty Lew.
Are the studs reused 19thC brass dome headed upholstry nails? If so then you could replace the missing ones with genuine contempory ones fairly easily I'd have thought?

Its a fantastic weapon, congrats.
Gene

Lew · 16th January 2009, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Atlantia

Its an absolute beauty Lew.
Are the studs reused 19thC brass dome headed upholstry nails? If so then you could replace the missing ones with genuine contempory ones fairly easily I'd have thought?

Its a fantastic weapon, congrats.
Gene

Hi Gene

The sword arrived today and it is real nice. Yes the tacks are 19th century 3/8"upholstry tacks I have already found a supplier that sells French finish brass tacks. See below. Btw the scabbard seems to be quite old the blade looks like a slightly reworked European machete? So it could be the original scabbard?

Lew

tom hyle · 23rd January 2009, 10:00 PM

Appears to be a forged, centrally-ridged blade to me. Nice

15th January 2009, 10:42 PM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Its an absolute beauty Lew. Are the studs reused 19thC brass dome headed upholstry nails? If so then you could replace the missing ones with genuine contempory ones fairly easily I'd have thought? Its a fantastic weapon, congrats. Gene

23rd January 2009, 10:00 PM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Appears to be a forged, centrally-ridged blade to me. Nice