Original African Spatula-shaped Dagger with Heavily Decorated Scabbard - c.1800 Hotchkiss .303 The shoulder stock is designed

The shoulder stock is designed to permit gripping with the left hand to hold it secure against the shoulder

in August and September

Overall length is 12 1/2 inches

Although later outclassed by larger bombers

The guard has a couple of minor dings in it

Original African Spatula-shaped Dagger with Heavily Decorated Scabbard - c.1800 Hotchkiss .303 The shoulder stock is designedOriginal Item: Only One Available. This came into England in the early Victorian era around 1840 with returning Explorers. My father who was born in 1905 told me that as a boy he remembered seeing Atlases showing the Continent of Africa with "UNKNOWN" or "UNEXPLORED" printed across the interior. It was the likes of STANLEY and LIVINGSTONE who opened the central part of isolated Africa to the Western World. Our example of an early Central African