[Gavin Nugent]

With the posting of Lews Beja daggers and Jim's reference to Celtic hilts I thought I would start another Flyssa origin post as after my reply...

Originally Posted by freebooter

Good point Jim,

I beleive over all there is something specific historically with Celtic influences in Northern African weaponry. One can also look at the Flyssa, put two back to back and you have the same shape as the Celtic swords.
here are just a couple of links for comparison.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_sword
http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=62

Gav

I searched the forum for past postings and couldn't find any reference to the Flyssa and celtic swords being connected in any way so here it is people, time to come together and consider or debunk this theory as many other good and relevant points have been made about it's possible origins in past postings.
Jim with your knowledge of tribal movements throughout the world over the centuries I would be very interested to know if you or any other member here can provide any direction to the subject being possible, maybe the Roman movements within Africa did bring this knowledge with celtic slaves that was passed onto others???
Also below is an interactive map I found. With the Celts controlling northern Spain, albeit a very long time ago, it is possible swords found their way down into Northen Africa and were changed over time....
http://www.resourcesforhistory.com/