Traditional Knives of Africa
THE RECENT ARTICLES by Gregor Woods on knives and his request in the Feb 2020 edition for readers to share reports on authentic, traditional African knives of different eras and designs prompted me to share some information on a few knives in my collection that might interest.
While travelling beyond our borders, I have made it a quest, whenever possible to obtain a traditional knife from the countries I was visiting. My ideal was to obtain the real McCoy from a local wearing it, rather than to buy from tourist shops.
From Ethiopia I brought back a or , also called or in Somali. With its
