Help ID'ing African Dagger

Sajen · 28th March 2024, 02:06 AM

Hello Ronvethe,

I've seen similar inlays in wooden handle parts from knives which are attributed to North African people like the Tuareg, see for example here: *******************************gallery?...acksmith-37-cm
To buy a knife in the biggest city of the Niger don't mean that it's a tourist knife, on the other hand it looks very recent/unused and it was sold to a "tourist" or visitor.

I can't answer if it was purely made to get sold to you or it could get used in a much more rual area also I just don't know, you should know more, where you have acquired it, from whom, which story you were told....
Regards,
Detlef

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28th March 2024, 02:06 AM	#2
Sajen Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Germany, Dortmund Posts: 9,422	Hello Ronvethe, I've seen similar inlays in wooden handle parts from knives which are attributed to North African people like the Tuareg, see for example here: *******************************gallery?...acksmith-37-cm To buy a knife in the biggest city of the Niger don't mean that it's a tourist knife, on the other hand it looks very recent/unused and it was sold to a "tourist" or visitor. I can't answer if it was purely made to get sold to you or it could get used in a much more rual area also I just don't know, you should know more, where you have acquired it, from whom, which story you were told.... Regards, Detlef