Can we call them Genoui daggers ?

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Originally Posted by RobT

Jim McDougall,

Previously, I have always heard the story that the koummya hilt takes its shape from Nazi Baselard hilted daggers. Your report that the koummya hilt may be based on the Italian cinquedia is a new one on me. in any event (and because I am prone to look at things from a funny angle), is there any evidence to deny the possibility that the cinquedia (and possibly even the baselard) hilts were derived from North African hilt styles?

Sincerely,
RobT

No, I'd think all these dagger handles in the Mediterranean and near East had handle shoes going back to the bronze age, that phallic shape has been in that region since that time. Look at Roman, Assyrian and such daggers. Basically dicks with blades.