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Old 6th June 2008, 05:27 PM   #1
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Default Unknown dagger--African?

Hello,

This dagger is 12 inches overall with a 8 inch blade. It resembles a kard. Grip is wood with copper wire wrap over silver colored wire. Blade has some decoration and 2 copper inserts-- 1 missing. Can anyone put a name or region to it?





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Old 6th June 2008, 06:15 PM   #2
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This is a N. African dagger called a Bou Saddi. A couple of threads discussing them are:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=saddi

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http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=saddi

I hope this is helpful to you!

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Old 6th June 2008, 07:29 PM   #3
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That was quite helpful.

Thank you very much for pointing out those threads.

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Old 6th June 2008, 07:42 PM   #4
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Matt

Here is one more post with some other examples.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=5816


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