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Title: antique curved sword
Post by: JoshandLila on June 03, 2013, 06:19:29 pm

found this at a flea market a week ago, the guy I bought it from said he thought it was African. cant find any info anywhere on it so I dont know if it was for chopping sugar cane or heads. It has a large fuller groove going down the center of one side and it was sharpened up the inside curve and around the spear point at the tip. 2' 3" long, not quite a sword, but more than a knife. Stumped on this one, thanks for any help!

Title: Re: antique curved sword
Post by: JoshandLila on June 04, 2013, 04:17:36 pm

gonna give this a lil bump befor it disappears.. any ideas at all?  ??? it looks pretty evil

Title: Re: antique curved sword
Post by: Ipcress on June 04, 2013, 04:43:35 pm

What's it made of ?

Looks a bit like a pseudo item to me

Title: Re: antique curved sword
Post by: JoshandLila on June 04, 2013, 07:49:56 pm

steel, and it looks to be layered forge welded steel too which is in keeping with tribal forging methods

Title: Re: antique curved sword
Post by: fancypants on June 05, 2013, 12:05:33 am

I dunno on this one , but it does sound as if it is 'machete' size ...

There were quite a few 'one-off' blades used rather infamously in Rwanda (& other countries) ....

Could be for reed-home-building , as well as the scarier stuff too ...

Title: Re: antique curved sword
Post by: JoshandLila on June 05, 2013, 06:17:17 pm

thanks fancypants! the handle style is the same as the top pick so Im pretty sure its African now, maybe its better not to know the rest...

Title: Re: antique curved sword
Post by: mart on June 05, 2013, 07:51:19 pm

From the size and the way its made looks more like a brush cutter to me !!