African knife

[Hombre]

I belive this is an African knife....
Am I righ or wrong? Any information at all about this knife should be very much appreciated....

Best,
Stefan
Sweden

[Hombre]

The pictures do not seems to work.... sorry....

[Kmaddock]

Hi
Looks to be a Seme knife from the Masai Tribe of Kenya and Tanzania
Can see some platination on the metal so should have some age to it
Regards
Ken

[Iain]

As Ken says, it's a seme. Looks to be mid 20th century to me and manufactured from scrap steel, usually a car/truck leaf spring.

[Battara]

I would agree so far - a Massai seme.

[Hombre]

Thank you very much for your help. I really appreciate it.

Best,
Stefan
Sweden

[Ian]

Originally Posted by Iain

As Ken says, it's a seme. Looks to be mid 20th century to me and manufactured from scrap steel, usually a car/truck leaf spring.

Little further to add except that European machetes were used often for seme blades made in the 20th C. The steel was much better than the iron derived from native sources. Such conversions are readily distinguished by the lack of a central rib, as found on earlier examples.

Ian.