Sword for ID

ariel · 16th January 2006, 02:51 AM

Just ended
http://cgi.ebay.com/sword_W0QQitemZ6...QQcmdZViewItem
The handle is of "yataghan-type" but quite crude and of non-classical form. leather-covered?
The blade is of a saber, with locally-made imitations of a German manufacture, similar to what is occasionally seen on Sudanese swords.
Any ideas?
North-African????

Emanuel · 16th January 2006, 04:42 AM

Would this be an Abyssinian example? The angle of the blade to the hilt recalls some shotels.

Tim Simmons · 16th January 2006, 10:13 AM

This certainly has an Abyssinian look to the engraving, the blade looks like those trade blades , I have never seen one with the eared handle but there is always a first time. Could this have been traded across the Red Sea one way or the other? The leather covering the handle reminds me of the scabbard of the Arabian/Bedouin saber a post a month or so back. Tim

16th January 2006, 02:51 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Sword for ID Just ended http://cgi.ebay.com/sword_W0QQitemZ6...QQcmdZViewItem The handle is of "yataghan-type" but quite crude and of non-classical form. leather-covered? The blade is of a saber, with locally-made imitations of a German manufacture, similar to what is occasionally seen on Sudanese swords. Any ideas? North-African????

16th January 2006, 04:42 AM	#2
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Would this be an Abyssinian example? The angle of the blade to the hilt recalls some shotels.

16th January 2006, 10:13 AM	#3
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	This certainly has an Abyssinian look to the engraving, the blade looks like those trade blades , I have never seen one with the eared handle but there is always a first time. Could this have been traded across the Red Sea one way or the other? The leather covering the handle reminds me of the scabbard of the Arabian/Bedouin saber a post a month or so back. Tim