Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - On the Origins of the so-called Berber Sabres

ariel · 10th April 2016, 03:49 AM

Never thought to see this thread resurrected :-)))

Jut as an afterthought to my remark from 2013(!!!), see post #53: blades do travel.

Here is my nimcha ( or saif for the purists), typical North African work, but the blade is marked "Nueva Granada 1845". Nueva Granada is, AFAIK, Colombia/Panama these days:-)

Was the blade made there and transported to Spanish Sahara?

10th April 2016, 03:49 AM	#61
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Never thought to see this thread resurrected :-))) Jut as an afterthought to my remark from 2013(!!!), see post #53: blades do travel. Here is my nimcha ( or saif for the purists), typical North African work, but the blade is marked "Nueva Granada 1845". Nueva Granada is, AFAIK, Colombia/Panama these days:-) Was the blade made there and transported to Spanish Sahara? Attached Images