African swords for ID

Duccio · 30th July 2021, 03:53 PM

I tried to find out more about Hausa knives, and, with the information I found, I must say that Martin and Pieje are actually right: what I thought was a Kuba knife is definitely Hausa (therefore a completely different geographical area, another culture , etc.)
I am very happy, because I have learned a couple of things:
1) not only do Kuba knives have handles decorated with wire fragments (tin?); I was absolutely sure it was a unique feature of the Kuba knives.
2) that even the reference sites can report errors, unfortunately ...
So, since I have learned something, it is evident that the forum works, once again!
Thanks to everyone, let's keep it up!

Greetings to everyone and congratulations again to mariusgmioc for his knives (Hausa included ...)
Duccio

30th July 2021, 03:53 PM	#1
Duccio Member Join Date: May 2020 Location: Florence, Italy Posts: 64	I tried to find out more about Hausa knives, and, with the information I found, I must say that Martin and Pieje are actually right: what I thought was a Kuba knife is definitely Hausa (therefore a completely different geographical area, another culture , etc.) I am very happy, because I have learned a couple of things: 1) not only do Kuba knives have handles decorated with wire fragments (tin?); I was absolutely sure it was a unique feature of the Kuba knives. 2) that even the reference sites can report errors, unfortunately ... So, since I have learned something, it is evident that the forum works, once again! Thanks to everyone, let's keep it up! Greetings to everyone and congratulations again to mariusgmioc for his knives (Hausa included ...) Duccio