Arabic....North African curved dagger...comments / help

katana · 19th June 2006, 04:52 PM

Thanks everyone for your input.....I suspect one of these daggers will, again, be posted for comments in the future.

I suppose, to sum up, it is likely to be a quality Nimcha type dagger from the Algiers ( Ref; Oriental Arms) and probably ceremonial in nature, with a 'useable' blade.

It is a nice knife, hopefully new information will help decide how these knives should be catergorised and labelled but, until then I think the description above will have to suffice...

katana · 7th August 2006, 09:42 PM

This Nimcha (wedding?) has just finished on eBay.....e-mailed seller...the blade was 4mm and very similar to the one I own..but has an less acute curve..tried a late bid ..but missed out. It seems there are more Nimcha 'daggers' with useable blades

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1

19th June 2006, 04:52 PM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Thanks everyone for your input.....I suspect one of these daggers will, again, be posted for comments in the future. I suppose, to sum up, it is likely to be a quality Nimcha type dagger from the Algiers ( Ref; Oriental Arms) and probably ceremonial in nature, with a 'useable' blade. It is a nice knife, hopefully new information will help decide how these knives should be catergorised and labelled but, until then I think the description above will have to suffice...

7th August 2006, 09:42 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	This Nimcha (wedding?) has just finished on eBay.....e-mailed seller...the blade was 4mm and very similar to the one I own..but has an less acute curve..tried a late bid ..but missed out. It seems there are more Nimcha 'daggers' with useable blades http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA%3AIT&rd=1