This dagger is made from 5160 High Carbon Spring Steel, The blade is 10 inches long and 1 inch wide. Overall length is 15 1/4 inches. The handle is African Blackwood. The guard and the pommel are tombaline. It's a standard guard with a downward curve. The pommel is a 1 inch ball pommel. Overall weight is 14 ozs. No sheath at this time, but one could be made.

African Blackwood Hunting Dagger

$185.00

One of our best selling size daggers. I love making these daggers. Typically, I make these from 5160 High Carbon Spring Steel. The blades are tempered to between 57-59 on the C-scale. No two are alike, all handmade by me.
Common Name(s): African Blackwood, Mpingo (Swahili)

Scientific Name: Dalbergia melanoxylon

Distribution: Dry savanna regions of central and southern Africa

Average Dried Weight: 79 lbs/ft3 (1,270 kg/m3)

Color/Appearance: Often completely black, with little or no discernible grain. Occasionally slightly lighter, with a dark brown or purplish hue. The pale yellow sapwood is usually very thin, and is clearly demarcated from the darker heartwood.

Tombaline is 60%nickle silver and 40% white brass

African Blackwood Hunting Dagger

Hunting Dagger

African Blackwood and tombaline

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