Moroccan nimcha, blade marks ??

Battara · 23rd May 2018, 11:32 PM

From what I can tell, the hilt looks like wood and the hilt plates look like either copper or brass. The mark sortive looks like a running fox. If it is, then the blade was made in Solingen, Germany (if my memory is correct).

francantolin · 24th May 2018, 05:38 PM

Hello,Thank you Battara !
Yes I think

the hilt is made from wood !
( Just one small light brown piece of the hilt near the copper repair made me think of horn...)
For the blade marks-stamps,
there is six times ''three points making a triangle'',
I saw it on indo persian blades but I don't know for these...

Kind regards

francantolin · 24th May 2018, 05:44 PM

Here the handle and the upper view of the blade,
An heavy blade, 34 inches long

francantolin · 24th May 2018, 09:05 PM

A site talking about indian swords:

The blade appears to be a native pattern welded blade with rubbed 'eyelash' quality markings. These markings are finished with rubbed groups of three dots to each end and 7cms from the centre of this grouping are found clear groupings of three dots - a common theme on many Indian blades.

24th May 2018, 05:38 PM	#2
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 905	Hello,Thank you Battara ! Yes I think the hilt is made from wood ! ( Just one small light brown piece of the hilt near the copper repair made me think of horn...) For the blade marks-stamps, there is six times ''three points making a triangle'', I saw it on indo persian blades but I don't know for these... Kind regards Attached Images

24th May 2018, 05:44 PM	#3
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 905	Here the handle and the upper view of the blade, An heavy blade, 34 inches long Attached Images

24th May 2018, 09:05 PM	#4
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 905	A site talking about indian swords: The blade appears to be a native pattern welded blade with rubbed 'eyelash' quality markings. These markings are finished with rubbed groups of three dots to each end and 7cms from the centre of this grouping are found clear groupings of three dots - a common theme on many Indian blades. Attached Images

23rd May 2018, 11:32 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	From what I can tell, the hilt looks like wood and the hilt plates look like either copper or brass. The mark sortive looks like a running fox. If it is, then the blade was made in Solingen, Germany (if my memory is correct).