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ariel

16th January 2006 01:51 AM

Sword for ID

Just ended
http://cgi.ebay.com/sword_W0QQitemZ6...QQcmdZViewItem
The handle is of "yataghan-type" but quite crude and of non-classical form. leather-covered?
The blade is of a saber, with locally-made imitations of a German manufacture, similar to what is occasionally seen on Sudanese swords.
Any ideas?
North-African????

Emanuel

16th January 2006 03:42 AM

Would this be an Abyssinian example? The angle of the blade to the hilt recalls some shotels.

Tim Simmons

16th January 2006 09:13 AM

This certainly has an Abyssinian look to the engraving, the blade looks like those trade blades , I have never seen one with the eared handle but there is always a first time. Could this have been traded across the Red Sea one way or the other? The leather covering the handle reminds me of the scabbard of the Arabian/Bedouin saber a post a month or so back. Tim

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