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16th October 2005, 12:59 AM
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Choora,kukri,gaucho knife, and tunisian dagger
Hello All!
I just picked these four daggers off Ebay. I finally got a metal sheath choora and a Tunisian dagger! Comments are welcome. Mark... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN%3AIT&rd=1 |
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16th October 2005, 04:40 AM
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Other than seller's say-so, what makes it specifically Tunisian rather than more general (and nebulous) "North African"?
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16th October 2005, 06:42 AM
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Hello Ariel!
Well, Nort African is probably a better description it roughly resembles a Tunisian dagger that I saw on Oriental-Arms but it might be from Morocco, Algeria; or Tunisia. Once I find a link on Oriental-Arms I will post the link. Of course a little I hope so never hurts. P.S.- It slightly also resembles a Flissa, until I get it and can examine it and post better pictures, I can't be sure. i take what most sellers say with a grain of sand!  Mark... |
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16th October 2005, 07:00 AM
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Aurangzeb, in this case the seller is one of the respected forum members here, and I personally have no reason to doubt his judgement. Of course, it is always great to know not only where a certain piece is attributed to, but also why there exactly.
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16th October 2005, 03:24 PM
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16th October 2005, 07:36 PM
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This is great, this means that I don't have to beat my brains out trying to find where it came from. This is wonderful news that it is Tunisian and that the seller is a forum member so I can trust their judgement!
 I hope he will notice this tread and say why it is Tunisian.
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23rd November 2005, 02:53 AM
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A kard also seems likely, I did not know about North African kards or that kards chould be curved.
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27th April 2006, 05:27 AM
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Hello All!
I have been doing a great seal of looking into the Tunisian dagger and I still cannot decide wheather it is a flyssa or kard. But the most persisting question to me is is this knife "Berber" or "Arab" for though it roughly takes the form of a berber flyssa very little of Tunisia's population defines themselves as Berber. But I never heard of a Arab Flyssa only a Berber Flyssa. Any help whould be welcome. Mark... |
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30th April 2006, 05:15 AM
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30th April 2006, 07:15 AM
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Mark:
The links have expired on eBay. Do you have pictures you can post so we can remember what these knives are? Ian Quote:
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