African Weapons

Jan 3, 2018 3:33 AM

#Weapons #Africa #Art #The_More_You_Know #Awesome

You spelled Klingon wrong...

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Nothing special, I made an IKEA bed stand that looked just like half of these once

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Big curves to get over or around shelds. And multy bladed throwing knives . Caus knife throwing is hard.

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It willlll cut!

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Some of these need instruction manuals.

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That's some Klingon level shit

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There are few weapons cooler than a khopesh. 'Cept maybe a glaive.

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No accompanying information on any of these? Why do i even visit this site anymore...

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Some of those handles look so completely unwieldy.

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Remember, a lot of those swords with random phallic parts are phallic for a reason! That reason is penis...

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"Make this weapon sharp." "From which side, sir?" "Every side."

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Put a knife on that sword - African smith

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Those ones are for throwing.

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Too much Kapinga, not enough Zulu Spear for my tastes. The Zulu’s had some great tactics for envelopments.

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I literally just upvoted based on username

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Thank you! Frasier is one of my most favorite shows of all time :D

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Americans be like

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Steel is a helluva drug

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curved. swords.

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Skyrim reference +1

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#19 all of em look like the imperial sword.

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Here I am sitting here wondering how many lives have been claimed with each weapon displayed.

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Me, too!

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Obligatory "everything's a dildo of you're brave enough" comment.

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*if

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legit shadow of war orc weapons

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Those multiple-limbed swords? They're meant to be thrown at enemies.

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Ok a lot of people don’t know this but, some of those are ancient can openers, not weapons.

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They're so huge because this was back in the days before they invented smaller cans.

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Are you telling me you don't wield your ancient can opener as a weapon?

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I swing my ancient can opener by the cord.

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Directions for use of the curvy ones: pick up carefully, bend wrist, set weapon down, apply pressure to wound to reduce blood loss.

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Some of these seem wildly inefficient.

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some of these are used for religious or manhood ritual

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The one with all the pointy bits everwhere? You throw the effing thing. Hella accurate.

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Until you’re the one on the receiving end :o

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I feel like the instructions for most of these start with, “Stand a ways away from anyone you love, and begin flailing.”

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Beautiful. Have you ever considered pursuing a poetry career path?

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A good chunk of them are throwing weapons, believe it or not. Yes, including the one with the pointy bits everywhere. ESPECIALLY that one.

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#1: Ngulu; #2: Zande knife; #3: Mambele; #4: Ngulu again; #5: Kpinga; #6: Ada-ogun; #7: Konda; #8: Mambele; #9: Kpinga

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#12: Flyssa

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#10: Not sure, could be a Konda made for tourist/trade; #11: Mambele

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Yeah, I'm not gonna do all 40 of these. Lot of Mambele/Kpinga/Hunga-Munga swords/daggers in there, along with some really interesting stuff.

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I feel like a lot of these are purely ceremonial, but I’m no anthropologist

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I would guess many are status symbols as well. People have always liked bragging with cool shit.

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I'm an internet anthropologist and yes a good bit are ceremonial so they're not exactly weapons

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The ones like #3 are surprisingly practical - they're thrown and most of the time they'll pierce the target with lots of force.

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It seems like some of these are pointless.

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The clubs atleast

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I wouldn't say it so bluntly.

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No, they have plenty of points.

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I am an anthropologist, once removed, and yes, several are ceremonial

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Although in addendum, most of warfare is ceremonial in non-industrial societies, so there ya go

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Pfft, "anthropologist once removed." I'm an anthropologist-in-law and I concur. Jk, I'm not married and am actually just an apologist. Sorry

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Archaeologist here

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Archaeologist-in-law reporting

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A lot of these are intended to be "hey look at how big my dick is." I'm not kidding.

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Africans already have huge cocks, though so why would they be overcompensating? :o

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Actually that's kind of a myth. Prosthetics, wide angles and small actresses lead to that belief in porn.

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Do those tricks only work on black dongs?

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I meant actual African guys lol Like from Africa, not Americans lol

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gayromeo says west africans have statistically the second biggest cocks..bigges t is arab cock, smallest north korean due to bad nutrition.

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How do you think they check that, go up and ask them?

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https://image.shutterstock.com/z/stock-photo-ruler-close-up-showing-to-cm-14665984.jpg 1. got naked. 2. this tool. than 1. still maybe.

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