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Old 14th January 2013, 03:14 AM   #6
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Originally Posted by Atlantia
I thought this one was interesting as they aren't usually dated.
It's a reasonable example in nice complete order with the date of 1929 on one side and some Berber? symbols on the other.
Hi Atlantia
- this knife is Algerian
- from Bou Saâda (Ar. Bū Saʿāda, place of happiness)
is an oasis town in northeastern Algeria located in M’Sila province
between the Chott el-Hodna (salt lake) and the Saharan Atlas Mountains,
approximately 245 kilometers (152 miles) south of Algiers.
- Berber ethnic
- handle from ram's horn
- the hole in the handle it's to pass through the leather cord
and to secure it with a node, to don't lost the scabbard

otherwise, you have a pretty nice example of it, congratulations

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