Question in terminology - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

13th January 2010, 01:50 AM

Dom

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

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In North Africa, the well known janbiyya with the lunette form pommel and distinct shaped blade is known as a koumyya, and indiginous to Morocco.
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Hi Jim
koumiya it's the name for Morocco dagger, but the vernacular name inside this country is :
- "moose"
which means within other Middle-Eastern countries; razor ...

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Dom

Last edited by Dom; 13th January 2010 at 02:08 AM.

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