Thank you for responding Ed. The sword you linked to is an Omani sword with a hilt, which is quite acrhaic in form, inspired (or unchanged for centuries) from early Islamic forms.
Here is a link to a sword posted by Kubur some time ago, with a brass hilt and a crossguard similar in style:
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showpost.p...3&postcount=20
Teodor