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			OK, Lotfi, you asked for it :-) 
		
		
		
			I just warn you: nothing pretty.... Ladies and gentlemen, you have an honor to see a modern ( ~20 years old) sword of the Negev beduin fabrication!  | 
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			The show must go on...
		 
		
		
		
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   ... but as said the Bedouin- arsane el balaiche   can be translated as; better than nothing   à + Dom  | 
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			Oooh, believe me, I've seen worse...   
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	   This one is at least an honest attempt to recreate the old Turkish form.
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			LOL I find it strangely attractive :P 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	Certainly an interesting example to have. Most modern pieces made in Syria and KSA are too shiney.  | 
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			When a girl is told she has an "interesting" face, it is usually not meant as a compliment.   And when on top of that she is called "strangely attractive", she is likely to remain a spinster . 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	I warned you, didn't I? :-) Let's be honest: it is butt-ugly.  | 
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   if it'll came to me, I'll not rejected it but I'll not run, to buy it   à + Dom  | 
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			A plastic surgery on the crossguard would make it prettier  
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	 
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   à + Dom  | 
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