| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  30th December 2010, 09:42 PM | 
	
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				 Its from Oromo People.  Follow this link... 
 Its from Oromo People.  Follow this link (http://www.samizdat.com/bulatovichphotos/) and click on "Galla Dagger From Jimma" under 'other illustrations'.
 Best Regards,
 J
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  18th December 2010, 12:33 AM | 
	
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				 Gav, Those Postcards are great and I like to... 
 Gav, Those Postcards are great and I like to collect old Postcards with Warriors and Weapons too.
 
 Edster, The sword on the right was purchased by a former owner in a market in Asmara, Eritrea...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  17th December 2010, 10:02 PM | 
	
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				 Hi Edster,  
Thanks for posting your throwing... 
 Hi Edster,
 Thanks for posting your throwing sticks.  Just last year in Port Sudan,  Beja men were still carrying these sticks in the villages on the outskirts of that city. Here is the one in my...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  9th September 2010, 03:58 PM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  19th August 2010, 05:07 AM | 
	
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				 Happy Birthday 
 :cool:  Happy Birthday!! Through your posts, I have learned much!!! Many thanks!!
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  16th July 2010, 03:29 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  14th July 2010, 03:27 PM | 
	
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				 Thanks for your reply.  Perhaps the copper or... 
 Thanks for your reply.  Perhaps the copper or brass color is due to poor photo quality, but there seems to be some verdigris where the blade meets the hilt. For comparison, I have posted some photos...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  14th July 2010, 10:21 AM | 
	
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				 Tebu Dagger, Copper Blade? 
 I just got beat out on this one on ebay.  :( It appears to have a copper or bronze blade and pommel spike.  (You have to scroll down on the ebay page to see more photos) I don't know much about this...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  9th July 2010, 03:41 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  2nd July 2010, 03:22 PM | 
	
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				 Hadendoa Daggers, used by Nara people too!!! 
 Nice Pictures! I have a few of these daggers myself, but I can't post the pics because I am traveling at the moment.  I have also one example with the same double notches as the pic posted above.
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  25th May 2010, 03:52 AM | 
	
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				 Billao and Dubats 
 Nice example there.  Here is a photo of Somali 'Dubats', a sort of Italian Colonial Era Somali Militia equipped with similar Billao... I saved this photo on my hard drive long ago and can't remember...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  7th May 2010, 02:08 AM | 
	
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				 LATE ENTRY 
 :D Hadendoa Dagger with broken hilt, featuring the CIRCUMPUNCT...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  7th May 2010, 02:00 AM | 
	
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				 Rick, I have this mark too 
 :cool: Hi Rick, I  also have a Kaskara with this mark, but I have no idea what it signifies.
 The sword was purchased by me last year in a village outside Port Sudan.  It was a very exciting...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  7th May 2010, 12:17 AM | 
	
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				 For future reference 
 I neglected to mention that the sword pictured above has two blade markings, similar to example B. pictured in the above reference.  The fly type mark is found in the fuller just above the Languet,...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  14th April 2010, 02:57 AM | 
	
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				 Another mark 
 I do not know anything about the "Fly" blademark pictured with your query.
 
 This Kaskara was purchased in Asmara prior to 1975 and has a Lion Mark similar to the Lion in your diagram above.  Does...
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  22nd April 2009, 07:36 AM | 
	
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	| Forum: Ethnographic Weapons  22nd April 2009, 05:48 AM | 
	
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				 Nice Dagger set, very interesting forms 
 New Member here,
 
 Thanks for posting this nice set of daggers employing the various blade styles.  I hope to assemble such a collection soon, as well as other examples of Beja Arms and Armour.  I...
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