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Old 24th January 2007, 04:30 PM   #1
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i have just buy this moroccan koummiya....for me it is very good and for you?

the symbol on the blade is similar to symbl of Raisuli Tribal....have you got any information for me!!!!

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Old 24th January 2007, 06:37 PM   #2
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hi,
i have just buy this moroccan koummiya....for me it is very good and for you?

the symbol on the blade is similar to symbl of Raisuli Tribal....have you got any information for me!!!!

thanks

sorry I dont speack good english
Welcome BerberDagger

You will need to post a picture of the dagger for us to look at.

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Old 24th January 2007, 06:37 PM   #3
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sorry here is photo!!!!
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Old 24th January 2007, 06:41 PM   #4
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Hello BerberDagger,

There was a discussion at some point about a koummiya like yours, and someone mentioned that the blade with fullers along the edges at the forte may be Spanish. I like the way this one looks...I'm actually looking to get one, but the ones I've seen on ebay and those I've held were pretty bad.
The stamp on yours is quite interesting, maybe someone can tell us about it.

Emanuel

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Old 24th January 2007, 06:42 PM   #5
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thanks for welcome to forum...i m very happy to speack with member's forum.... I m a collector of german dagger of WWII and of Berber weapons.....but my specialy is napoleonic weapons (dagger,sword and pistols)

sorry for words but i speack little english....i speack more good french , german or italian
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Old 24th January 2007, 09:07 PM   #6
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Welcome to the forum!

Make sure to search both this as well as the old forum (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/forumdisplay.php?f=6) for interesting threads! There are a few folks here with extensive knowledge on Koummyas - I'd like to hear more often of these nice bades though!

I assume you've already seen this article http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/koummya/index.html by our host Lee.

This seems to be a nice piece! Could you please measure the thickness of your blade with calipers? This helps to differentiate serious blades from more decorative/ceremonial ones. Recent tourist stuff is often more easily spotted by crappy blades (which actually don't deserve to be called blades); older tourist stuff can be anything in between AFAIK...

Do you have another example of this stamped mark? More often these seem to originate from stamped European blades which seem to have been prized by Moroccan makers.

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Old 24th January 2007, 09:19 PM   #7
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the thickness mesures 4 mm , if i have understand you questions!!!!

yes this symbol is on a photo of raisuli , in his "t-shirt".....in a old photo that i have buy from england....
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Old 24th January 2007, 10:46 PM   #8
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the thickness mesures 4 mm
That settles it - a genuine weapon IMHO.

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yes this symbol is on a photo of raisuli , in his "t-shirt".....in a old photo that i have buy from england....
Could you post a scan? Thanks!

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