Ethiopian Gurade sword

[francantolin]

Hello everybody,

I'd like your comments about this sword,
it is a large african sword, I think an Ethiopian gurade,
I's pretty big: 96 cm / 37,8 inches.

I wonder if the blade is a local production or an european one ?
( no stamps at all ... ).
I think it's an old ( 19th century ) model but ?...

The hilt is made of two parts,
it is made of horn ,
maybe rhino ? ( The grip part more than the second, but I'm not a specialist)

Strange the big hole on one size of the hilt,
Can a parasite of the horn do that ?
Or this part of the hilt was made with ''remains / leftovers'' of a piece of horn ?

Kind regards

Francky