Myetery knife

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by harrywagner

I purchased this knife recently, without a clue as to what it is. It was too interesting to pass up. Has anyone ever seen a knife like this before? It has a koummya style blade, fully sharp on the concave side and half sharp on the convex side. LOA: 17", length of knife: 16.75", length of blade: 8.5". It appears to be silver, not plated. It weighs an impressive (and approximate) 3.5 lbs. Any help identifying it will be much appreciated.

Harry

Salaams harrywagner ... I cannot see the age you are attributing this dagger. It may not pass the silver test in my opinion as it looks like a mixture... The work on the metal surface is no where near the other examples... There is no patina on the weapon so far as I can see... It looks modern as does the blade decoration. Can you say where you got it? As in all things photograhic, however, I could be wrong...


Checking against the following library details~
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=koummya

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...roccan+daggers see#6 for hilt varieties.

and for more simply type Moroccan daggers into search.


Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.