Hi,
A fine looking Nimcha (in my eyes, though it is not my field of collecting, so my knowledge of these is far less than some others here, like Jim).
Though I am intreged by the history of the Barbary coast 'pirates', I recently bought a rather similar Nimcha as yours. It has a different marking in the blade though.
When first handling it, I was surprised of it's length and weight. It has a great balance too!
Mine had an incredible patina of use, and I cleaned the dark blade superficially.
It aso has a native restore at the (bovine?) hilt.
I hope you don't mind me interfearing your thread, as that is not my intention. But because mine looks like a similar type as you have, I thought it would be ok to discuss both nimchas in one thread.
Regards,
Maurice
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