Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Three-Piece Horn Grip Antique Percussion Firearms 36" seven groove rifling

36" seven groove rifling

There is a bit of overall wear and spots of fouling and oxidation

which when removed is a tapered threaded rod

The knife is one of the French made examples usually marked "Au Lion"

with a great color and attractive grain

Original 19th Century Abyssinian Ethiopian Shotel Sword with Three-Piece Horn Grip Antique Percussion Firearms 36" seven groove riflingOriginal Item: One of a Kind. These very unusual swords with very very curved blades come from the "Horn of Africa," which includes Abyssinia, which we now know as Ethiopia. Made famous just before WWII by the Italian Invasion of that Country, and the appeal by it's Emperor Haile Selassie to the League of Nations, which the Western Powers basically ignored. It's Capital is ADDIS ABABA, a city dating back some 2,000 years and more. A Country much in