Maghrebi Moroccan Nimcha??

[A.alnakkas]

Guess were up against a new type of fakes then.. they are getting better by the day.

[archer]

I used a small regular triangular file and also tried to see what effortless flexing
could be accomplished by placing My knee midway between the hilt and pulled back on the tip. results flexes about 5-6 inches and recovers.

The photo shows the scratch. Seems like the edge is definitely harder.

[Atlantia]

Originally Posted by archer

I used a small regular triangular file and also tried to see what effortless flexing
could be accomplished by placing My knee midway between the hilt and pulled back on the tip. results flexes about 5-6 inches and recovers.

Hi Steve
Well then it seems to have some spring in it which is more than many TBH.
How easily does it scratch? Any difference on the spine from the edge?

ATB
Gene

[Rick]

If that's the edge, Steve, the blade has certainly either not been sharpened or has been rebated .

Is that the file mark I see in the picture ?

[kahnjar1]

Hi Steve,
My original comment about the possibliity of a hilt replacement was based on 1.No ferrule 2. The knuckle guard recessed.
Here is a pic from an earlier post showing how the knuckle guard usually is.
Regards Stu

[G. McCormack]

Looks like an old nimcha guard with a new Indian blade and grip.

[Rick]

Looks like we're really going to have to be on our toes now .
I fear the boys from Rajahstan are branching out .

I would love to be found wrong; but I think Gene and G. are correct .

May we see the pommel end ?

Here is my old fellow .

[Dom]

Originally Posted by kahnjar1

...snip...
Here is a pic from an earlier post showing how the knuckle guard usually is.

but ... it's my "nimcha" ... Stuward
pure Maghrebian (Morocco), excepted the blade as well as 98% of them
who is most certainly European

what wrote "Gene" made sense,
the Indian craftsmen (some) became too much "bloody" by the duplicates that they sprayed on the market,
not only edged weapons, but also other "ethnographic items" such as ;
astrolabes (easy to discern), Islamic's talismanic bowls (much more difficult to recognize) ... and so
they have become very clever ... too much ... Syrians also are good competitors to them on the same field ...

the nimcha blade of "archer" is very disquieting, specially in Morocco,
even in Maghreb, because looks absolutly Indian production,
I never saw a similar blade associated to a Maghrebian edged weapon
may be, is it arrived by the "maritime trade" ??

à +

Dom

[kahnjar1]

.......yes DOM it is yours. Hope using the pic was OK, but I guess a little late now Was the best example I could find from previous posts to illustrate what concerned me about the hilt on the post by Archer.
Hope all is well with you.
Regards Stu

[archer]

I edited my last post yes that is the edge. The file feels like the edge is harder than the back, later I'll try a real jewelers file. Stu, I bought it thinking the pattern was an etch job and thinking the hilt was a probable replacement.

When I started looking closer I noticed the edges bluntness and hearing so much about Arabian dance swords. I had to ask I'll ask again and post a few shots after a bit of etching. Did some Pasha want to make sure His dancing
girls didn't get too wild?

The results of the etch after degreasing only for a prep!!! Just looked under the lower quillion it is sharper there than the rest of the blade. Who's smiling then?