Shula S'boula/Jiboula

RobT · 8th November 2024, 12:56 AM

Hi All,

I know that it sounds like the beginning of a verse from Shirley Ellis' name game song but I was wondering how forum members would classify this knife. The hilt is clearly an s’boula/jiboula form but the blade and sheath are just as clearly shula. I’ll come right out with my opinion that it should be considered an s’boula/jiboula because the hilt was placed on the blade by a person of the s’boula/jiboula culture. But were the situation the other way around (shula hilt on an s’boula/jiboula blade), I’m not so sure I would want to call it a shula. What do you guys think?

Sincerely,
RobT

TVV · 8th November 2024, 01:21 AM

When it comes to ethnographic arms, we tend to classify swords and daggers by their hilt. For example, the same blade can be a takouba, a kaskara or even a firangi, depending on the hilt.

Based on this then, this would be a sboula.

8th November 2024, 12:56 AM	#1
RobT Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 493	Shula S'boula/Jiboula Hi All, I know that it sounds like the beginning of a verse from Shirley Ellis' name game song but I was wondering how forum members would classify this knife. The hilt is clearly an s’boula/jiboula form but the blade and sheath are just as clearly shula. I’ll come right out with my opinion that it should be considered an s’boula/jiboula because the hilt was placed on the blade by a person of the s’boula/jiboula culture. But were the situation the other way around (shula hilt on an s’boula/jiboula blade), I’m not so sure I would want to call it a shula. What do you guys think? Sincerely, RobT Attached Images

8th November 2024, 01:21 AM	#2
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,624	When it comes to ethnographic arms, we tend to classify swords and daggers by their hilt. For example, the same blade can be a takouba, a kaskara or even a firangi, depending on the hilt. Based on this then, this would be a sboula.