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20th April 2024, 11:21 PM | #1 |
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21st April 2024, 12:03 PM | #2 |
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Hello Juri,
Gunar is correct, it's a long Mandingo dagger or Moorish dagger, a very nice one, congrats! Compare: https://african-weapons.com/gallery?...agger-36-42-cm Tribes don't care about borders or States. Regards, Detlef |
21st April 2024, 01:06 PM | #3 |
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Yes Mandingo, nice one.
Regards Marc |
21st April 2024, 01:43 PM | #4 |
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Many thanks to David R, Gunar, Detlef, Marc for comments
Regards, Yuri |
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an epiphany
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24th April 2024, 09:34 PM | #6 | |
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I've pointed out years ago that this dagger is Brazilian and informed Wolf-Dieter so he changed the description. Regards, Detlef Last edited by Sajen; 24th April 2024 at 09:36 PM. Reason: add pic |
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25th April 2024, 10:17 AM | #7 |
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Mandingo dagger and Brazilian foca de ponta are very similar.
Perhaps the Mandingo, who were enslaved and ended up in Brazil, began producing daggers there. |
25th April 2024, 05:36 PM | #8 |
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My thoughts exactly. Here is an, not that old in my opinion, example that was for sale recently. Check out the flair on the sheath al la kaskara and if I remember correctly some west African short swords as well.
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25th April 2024, 06:24 PM | #9 |
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I think it's more of a coincidental similarity. Handle construction, ferrule and also the ricasso (if any) show differences.
Compare with three 19th century examples from my collection. |
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