My Flyssa Daggers

[Dom]

Originally Posted by mrwizard

Do you consider the dagger in the lower right corner to be a flyssa.
I thought these things were mostly ceremonial (wedding nimcha).
btw. here is a photo of the only specimen i own (which looks more like a flyssa)... :-)

Hi mrwizard
you noticed the "flyssa" in the lower right corner, and you are intrigued
- it's really a "souvenir dagger"
- "souvenir" dated 1876,
- purchased in "Fort National" (capitale for Great Kabylie, know in our days as Tizi-Ouzou)
- by a French military; Ansel Francois, soldier the 8th battalion of "Chasseur" (hunter)
I was myself "Sgt" in this precise battalion in the 60th
you may understand my particular attraction for this "Kabyle dagger"
nothing is invented, all is engraving on the scabbard

your flissa is just amazing, I never saw with a similar handle

all the best

à +

Dom