African piece for coments

Freddy · 7th December 2007, 08:30 AM

I agree with Lew. This is an older seme from the Masai.

I once read somewhere that older seme always have a prominent middleribe. This is the case with your sword. Newer ones are often grind down from European machetes or just from a flat piece of metal.

The leather covered handle also shows some age, I think.

The size is right. My seme measures 51 cm, so that's about the same size.

fernando · 7th December 2007, 01:47 PM

Dank u wel, Freddy

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I will register it as a Maasai piece, and am pleased is not modern stuff, as also the price wasn't so bad ... for my place

If we don't see before:
Zalig Kerstfeest

Fernando

7th December 2007, 08:30 AM	#1
Freddy Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Sint-Amandsberg (near Ghent, Belgium) Posts: 830	I agree with Lew. This is an older seme from the Masai. I once read somewhere that older seme always have a prominent middleribe. This is the case with your sword. Newer ones are often grind down from European machetes or just from a flat piece of metal. The leather covered handle also shows some age, I think. The size is right. My seme measures 51 cm, so that's about the same size.

7th December 2007, 01:47 PM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Dank u wel, Freddy . I will register it as a Maasai piece, and am pleased is not modern stuff, as also the price wasn't so bad ... for my place If we don't see before: Zalig Kerstfeest Fernando