Hi Steven! I suppose you are talking of Central Africa arms, because there is no doubt that the kaskara, sudanese arms dagger or even nimcha or some tokuba are for real use. Anyway I'm with you that a lot of congolese weapons are for ritual-ceremonial use but there are that were used for war. Here is an example of real stuff:
1- Kuba Ilwoon (mid rib 1cm)
2- Salampasu sword
3- Yaka sword
4- Shi sword (mid rib 1cm)
5- Songye sword
6- Bandja curved sword (spine 0,7 cm)
Well, I have no doubts that all these are for real use, and at the moment I haven't good pictures of the spears that are really impressive!!
Another thing is if you ask me: do you prefer to go in war with this salampasu sword or a moro kris? the technological level is a entirely different world...
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