Do you know what this is?

[Zan]

This is a recently made knife from the small village of Sègué, Mali. In fact, it is was special order to the local blacksmith !

The blade as not been polished, but is very sharp. Most importantly, mens with a certain status in the village were wearing a similar knife still in 2003, so it is not a tourist-made knife.

The white stripes are realy made of plastic.

Zan