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24th March 2008, 12:58 PM
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Thank you Lew
 Do you remember a final of this kind on other daggers? Could be also a more recent replacement but I will tell you only when I will have it in my hand (hope soon!) Seller says that rings and final disk are made of bone....Flavio  P.S. maybe I'm wrong but I remember that David (KATANA) has one with a final like this ????????? |
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24th March 2008, 01:57 PM
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Flavio
The dagger seems to be 1940s vintage this type of finale is probably original it looks like horn to me. Lew |
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24th March 2008, 04:42 PM
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Nice example!
I got a chance to see Lew's pieces at the forum meeting in Baltimore, and he really has some superb examples of all types of Sudanese dagger forms. |
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24th March 2008, 09:45 PM
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Sorry my friend, I do not own a similar example. Very nice piece And as you said, the finial does seem unusual .... the question is ....what could its function be ? Perhaps it denotes rank or some other symbolism  Best of luck in your efforts to match Lew's collection, I've tried .... unsucessfully ....so far Kind Regards David |
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24th March 2008, 10:01 PM
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Thank you David....
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4th April 2008, 03:36 PM
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Ok it's arrived.... The strange end pommel is a recent restoration (stopped with some kind of putty), while the original material used for the small disks is white (maybe dust of ivory and some glue???) and crystalline in structure, so I have already start a "new" project on this and here are some pics that I think will be interesting for others here. Now what I need it's a silver cup for close the whole thing, maybe Josè
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4th April 2008, 03:51 PM
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Flavio, that's a real shame
 I am disappointed for you .Personally I would contact the seller, I don't remember him mentioning the damage/repair, if he is ethical and honest he should at least offer you a discount. The blade looks good.....is it possible that part of the handle is ivory ? If you look at the top surface of the 'white rings' is there a sort of criss-cross pattern ? Regards David |
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4th April 2008, 04:17 PM
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I'm sorry to here that this hopefully it can be restored. Unfortunately this is a problem when buying things on Ebay some times we win and sometimes we get screwed It has happened to me more than once so you just chalk it up to experience.Lew |
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4th April 2008, 04:19 PM
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Hello David and Lew,
no, he has not mentioned the repair, but remember that the dagger it's arrived firm and the pictures you see are of a moment when I have already started to disconnect the handle. I think that after the restoration that I will do the result will be fine maybe the price I have paid it's a bit too high, but what is done is done....  here is a drawn I made to understand better the construction technique (yes it's ivory)
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5th April 2008, 04:37 PM
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Hello Flavio,
Maybe an old east african coin can be used instead of a silver cup ? Still an nice dagger
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