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Old 30th June 2011, 12:31 AM   #2
Dom
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Hi my Friend

in the year 1980,
I saw Yemeni blacksmith manufacturing this type of swords, in the Jeddah Bedouin suq

in the year 1990,
I bought two swords from Kuweit (!), for our Cairo home decor,
as far as I know, was manufactured in Syria,
with a quality well below yours, but with more or less the same hilt shape (pics here attached)

nevertheless, the blade looks older,
very unusual to find a stamp figuring an human, on a Saudi sword (!) ...
wouldn't be appreciated by the Wahhabits ...

all the best

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