A Samburu circumciser uses his leather belt as a strop to sharpen his knife before circumcising boys in a lorora, a traditional encampment built especially for this purpose. His knife will have been forged by the blacksmiths of the tribe.Circumcisers, known as lakitoni, belong to the Lmarraato clan of the Samburu tribe, a small clan living on the slopes of Mount Nyiru who are renowned for their skill with the knife.