Morrocan sboula

Yvain · 13th March 2020, 12:40 PM

Thank you for those informations Teodor ! I hoped it was an old one but I wasn't really sure.

Do we have any idea why those european markings were being copied ? Did it gave the blade more monetary value, or did it have some symbolic fuction ?

TVV · 13th March 2020, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Yvain

Thank you for those informations Teodor ! I hoped it was an old one but I wasn't really sure.

Do we have any idea why those european markings were being copied ? Did it gave the blade more monetary value, or did it have some symbolic fuction ?

Native copies of European markings is a big topic. The short answer is that European markings became popular in various places around the world where European blades were exported to, and were later copied locally in an effort to signify quality.

Kubur · 13th March 2020, 06:36 PM

Teodor is right it's an end of 19th c. sboula, what i call a "poor man" sboula, very simple.

But the blade is good, I wonder if it's an old sword cut and reused.

About the inscription I agree it's a pseudo European script, some people think that it could be some berber script, but I can't recognize any letters...

https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/.../tifinagh.html

Your sboula is Moroccan.

Yvain · 13th March 2020, 11:00 PM

Thanks !

Indeed, I think the blade is a cutdown european saber, and I'm pretty sure that the pseudo-european marking doesn't have any meaning and is just imitative.

Yvain · 15th March 2020, 07:05 PM

[Seems like my previous message didn't posted, sorry about that !]

Thanks,

I'm pretty sure it is indeed a reprofiled european saber blade. As for the inscription, I don't think it has any meaning either.

13th March 2020, 12:40 PM	#1
Yvain Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: France Posts: 179	Thank you for those informations Teodor ! I hoped it was an old one but I wasn't really sure. Do we have any idea why those european markings were being copied ? Did it gave the blade more monetary value, or did it have some symbolic fuction ?

13th March 2020, 06:36 PM	#3
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Teodor is right it's an end of 19th c. sboula, what i call a "poor man" sboula, very simple. But the blade is good, I wonder if it's an old sword cut and reused. About the inscription I agree it's a pseudo European script, some people think that it could be some berber script, but I can't recognize any letters... https://www.win.tue.nl/~aeb/natlang/.../tifinagh.html Your sboula is Moroccan.

13th March 2020, 11:00 PM	#4
Yvain Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: France Posts: 179	Thanks ! Indeed, I think the blade is a cutdown european saber, and I'm pretty sure that the pseudo-european marking doesn't have any meaning and is just imitative.

15th March 2020, 07:05 PM	#5
Yvain Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: France Posts: 179	[Seems like my previous message didn't posted, sorry about that !] Thanks, I'm pretty sure it is indeed a reprofiled european saber blade. As for the inscription, I don't think it has any meaning either.