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Bill Cainan 3
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Hi Glen
We have in one of our Museum display cases a knife and scabbard picked up on the battlefield of Isandlwana - it does seem to fit the bill and has an 8" blade. Bill |
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GlennWade
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Hi Bill,
Thanks for the reply. I think I know the knife you mean. It has a handle made of bone/horn or some such and was kept in one of the longer, waist height cases (last time I saw it at least!) at the museum, yes? Certainly sounds like it could be the knife in question. I'm only down the road in Swansea so I shall have to make time to pop up and see it again soon. The reason I asked was that I'm trying to get an NNC NCO kit together for re-enactment. An NNC NCO impression is, I think, easy to do, but also easy to do poorly. I'm hoping to get it as close as possible to how they might have looked. I was interested to read an excerpt of Harford where he mentions one of his NCOs carrying a revolver at Sokhexe. Private purchase, I assume, as they were not issued as part of the govt. kit. Shadowy fellows with a shadowy reputation. Interesting bunch, though. Best wishes, Glenn |
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