Blades found in Marrakech, Morocco

[carlos]

[QUOTE=migueldiaz]Hello Carlos!

Thanks for the tip. Will surely head to that museum then, when I get to Madrid a few days from now. This morning, I was at the Victor Balaguer museum (at Vilanova I La Gertru) and they allowed me to take pics of the ones in storage. I found a few interesting (if not intriguing) pieces there, which pics I'll post very soon, for commentary.

I still have a half day here in Barcelona, tomorrow. I was planning to go to the Tarragona museum you visited. What's the address of the museum, if I may ask? (because I cannot find it in the Internet). Thanks in advance!

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Hello !!
I just send you a private mail with mor instructions, but in advanve and to all the forum the museum is in La Nao street 12, near church of Tarragona. A link with more information.
http://www.costadoradaonline.net/Tar...s_DeArmas.html
In The other museum, in Vilanova, you are a lucky man!! I wait too this pictures of the store.
best regards
carlos

[Battara]

Please, please take great BIG photos of PI/Moro pieces and post!

[Nathaniel]

Awe some!!! Holy cow...it's like being a kid in a Candy Shop! My wife would have to drag me out of those shops!! Wish they had nice ones like that in each country...look like quality goods...I bet the price was quite high as well!

Great photo documentation! Thanks so much for sharing, Miguel! Can't wait to see more pictures during your ongoing travels....gives me the traveling itch...where should I go Sigh...have to wait...

[migueldiaz]

Thanks again, Carlos. You are the best!

Jose, will do that for sure. And I found a barung at the Victor Balaguer museum from the 1880's Spain exhibition in which the description in the tag is surely most interesting. Am just organizing the pics and will post soon.

Nathaniel, thanks for the comments. And that's exactly what I felt (kid in a candy shop). The other thought was, 'too many blades, too little time'

And yes, the price was very high. If my wife was not giving me the dagger look as I was caressing them, I would have succumbed to the temptation ... and will have to tell the kids to stop schooling for a few years

Back to Moroccan blades, I stumble upon this shop in Barcelona which sells mostly replicas. I was planning to buy an ersatz koummya, but there was none.

Just the same, it was fun looking at such a room full of 'toys'.

[migueldiaz]

Here's some more pics from that shop, plus two pics from another shop along the same street.

[Marc]

The last two are from "Fuji Esports", a Martial Arts shop very close to Plaça Sant Jaume.
Ah, the memories...

Thank you for sharing your trip with us, Lorenz

[migueldiaz]

Originally Posted by Marc

The last two are from "Fuji Esports", a Martial Arts shop very close to Plaça Sant Jaume.
Ah, the memories...

Thank you for sharing your trip with us, Lorenz

Thanks too, Marc!

By the way, in all the museums I have visited here in Spain, the staff are super-helpful

To all: I visited this morning the Museo Nacional de Antroplogia located in Madrid. And I found several related items (i.e., African) --