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[Freddy]

Originally Posted by Montino Bourbon

Actually these knives were more often used as currency!

Here's some of my faves:

You're quite right, but mine is not a currency....it's a weapon. You can tell the difference by looking at the blade. The currency blades are mostly flat on both sides. They can be made from iron or copper. The throwing knives who were meant to be used as weapons are different. One side is flat (the back) and the other side shows some 'relief'. I don't know if this is the correct english word, but I mean by this that it's never flat. This is needed to give the weapon its flight capacities.

Also..currencies are made without a cutting edge. A true throwing knife has a handle made from leather or braided cord. No wooden handles are used because these could be damaged on impact. Sometimes we find throwing knives with wooden handles (even covered in copper). This type of knife then has a more symbolic use. They are status symbol, not to be used for throwing.

[Flavio]

Hello. Freddy you are, as usual, perfect (a GREAT KNIFE)!! I would only add that the Kota MUSELE knife (the one with the blade like a raven head) isn't a throwing knife, like in the end of '800 early '900 all the authors thought, but was used in the dances of a secret society only for men called MUNGALA, used ALSO as currency and placed on the graves of the chiefs.