Turkish sword with European influence?

ham · 24th November 2005, 07:03 AM

Jens,
There is also a possibility this is a Swiss saber which was regripped at some point in North Africa; it is compellingly similar to a number of published examples.

Sincerely,

Ham

Jens Nordlunde · 24th November 2005, 01:44 PM

Ham, I don’t know enough about European swords to be able to tell. How is the false edge on the Swiss swords you have seen illustrated?

Ariel, the blades on the Beduin and Nimcha swords you have, could they be trade blades?

Jens

ariel · 25th November 2005, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Ham, I don’t know enough about European swords to be able to tell. How is the false edge on the Swiss swords you have seen illustrated?

Ariel, the blades on the Beduin and Nimcha swords you have, could they be trade blades?

Jens

Here they are. The Nimcha has an eyelash mark. They may be trade: far too uniform to derive from different localities.

ariel · 25th November 2005, 08:35 PM

And here are 2 European Nimchas: the French one taken from Elgood's book, the British (dated 1617) ftom North's book. Bad quality pics but they give the idea.

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ham Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 190	Jens, There is also a possibility this is a Swiss saber which was regripped at some point in North Africa; it is compellingly similar to a number of published examples. Sincerely, Ham

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Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Ham, I don’t know enough about European swords to be able to tell. How is the false edge on the Swiss swords you have seen illustrated? Ariel, the blades on the Beduin and Nimcha swords you have, could they be trade blades? Jens