A new Nimcha for comment

TVV · 15th February 2025, 05:45 PM

Jim, in my opinion, with the exception of the Moroccan example, all the swords in your post were hilted in Yemen.

Jim McDougall · 15th February 2025, 08:33 PM

We are in accord, though I am puzzled at why the 'Zanzibar' sword was hilted in Yemen. While Artzi indicated it was found there in an arsenal with about 40 others of the same hilt form loosely, he claimed these had come from Zanzibar to supply Yemeni forces in the ongoing disturbances there.

15th February 2025, 05:45 PM	#1
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,663	Jim, in my opinion, with the exception of the Moroccan example, all the swords in your post were hilted in Yemen.

15th February 2025, 08:33 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,281	We are in accord, though I am puzzled at why the 'Zanzibar' sword was hilted in Yemen. While Artzi indicated it was found there in an arsenal with about 40 others of the same hilt form loosely, he claimed these had come from Zanzibar to supply Yemeni forces in the ongoing disturbances there.