Hilt Matter, Khanjar vs Koummya
Hi All,
There are three koummya shown in this thread that have hilts made of a material other than wood.
Jim McDougall’s example, made of camel bone, has very slight quillons made of metal. I can’t see whether or not there are slight projections of bone on the sides of the hilt under the metal.
Pertinax shows another bone hilt with metal quillons. Again, it is impossible to see what is under the metal clearly. Could it be a separate piece of bone laid crossways to the hilt to fill in the area below the metal?
Marc M. shows a hilt that appears to be ivory. The hilt has two tiny quillon stubs
Could it be that the lack of quillons is caused by not having enough hilt material to make them? Since all three examples appear to be from the 20th century, it is very likely that their appearance rather than functional capability was the important consideration.
Pertinax,
Thanks for the link to Armes Anciennes du Maroc. I downloaded the PDF and will try to get a translation. I can puzzle out a little bit of French and it seems that the author makes a clear distinction between what he calls khanjar and what he calls koummya. Since the khanjar vs koummya designation has been a subject of debate on this forum, I hope that a translation of the French will shed some more light on the matter.
Sincerely,
RobT
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