I've been looking at pictures of briquets and it seems like every country under the sun made them for 150+ years. Most have inspection marks but some don't. From viewing threads about them on other boards I get the impression there's no way to ID a blade that isn't marked, especially since the original European hilt is missing.
What's odd is that you'd expect a blade from that part of Africa to be French, but French briquet blades seem to always be stamped.
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