North African dagger ?

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Originally Posted by Iain

I'd forgotten about those! Good ID Colin and Martin I think you are spot on.

You chaps certainly know a lot more about this than I do , but do any of you have any pictures illustrating a similar hilt to that of my dagger ... it just looks so different to all those you cite. I agree the scabbard , the bolster and even the blade shape is very much allied to those illustrated , but the hilt seems so distinctive I would have thought it would indicate something .