Any help with these koummyas?

Kubur · 19th February 2015, 11:17 PM

Ok I can tell you a lot about this koummiya because I have one similar and I did some researches about it. There are from the first part of the 20th c.
around 1900-1930.
Some have good and fonctionnal blades, like yours.
Some like mine have shitty blades, not even sharpened, but with a nice stamp on it. The second type is clearly for parade and are not functionnal.
They could be old tourist pieces, but I think there were just ornaments for locals.
They did some "tourist pistols" or "fantasia pistols" with the same camel bones...
Regards,
Kubur

19th February 2015, 11:17 PM	#5
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	Ok I can tell you a lot about this koummiya because I have one similar and I did some researches about it. There are from the first part of the 20th c. around 1900-1930. Some have good and fonctionnal blades, like yours. Some like mine have shitty blades, not even sharpened, but with a nice stamp on it. The second type is clearly for parade and are not functionnal. They could be old tourist pieces, but I think there were just ornaments for locals. They did some "tourist pistols" or "fantasia pistols" with the same camel bones... Regards, Kubur Attached Images