17th May 2011, 06:57 PM | #1 |
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Shula from Morocco
Hi everybody
let me introduce you my last "friend" "Shula" early 1920's dagger single-edged curved-blade from Moroccan Berber tribes grip made from a light colored aries horn with inlaid twisted brass wire decor well forged blade and nicely fullered up-curving blade 22 cm (± 9 inches), back edge, nicely engraved with geometric design scabbard covered with tooled red leather in fairly good condition "Shula" total length 37 cm (± 14 inches) - blade only 22,50 cm (± 9 inches) now, it will joint to his "big brother" all comments, information complement are welcomed, thanks per anticipation 2 groups for pics - condition as I received it - how it's looks now à + Dom |
17th May 2011, 06:59 PM | #2 |
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Beautiful Shulas! alf mabrouk Dom. I really like those and soon will aim to get one similar
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17th May 2011, 07:04 PM | #3 | |
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and you will get one ... it's cheap à + Dom |
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17th May 2011, 11:06 PM | #4 |
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Yes nice. I gravitate toward the brass scabbarded one myself.
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17th May 2011, 11:52 PM | #5 |
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These are nice, but just to show how different peoples taste tend to be I prefer the leather scabbard over the brass one .
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17th May 2011, 11:59 PM | #6 |
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Very nice shulas Dom! Looking at the pictures, I noticed something strange - the blades of the small and the big one are curved in a different direction. Is this the case, or is the big one's hilt decorated on both sides?
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18th May 2011, 12:28 AM | #7 | |
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sharp view Teodor ... you are a good investigator after discovered this particularity, I tried to imagine ... "why" ?? - left hand user w/right hand user - I think that the system of cords suspensor (3 points) and the small only 2, should have an impact (?) anyway, the big one's hilt hasn't a decor on both side I agree with Robert, but according with ; size of edged weapons and quality of scabbard, those dagger wasn't destined for the same social class of people, pure speculation the brass scabbard owner was (may be) socially above the the leather scabbard bearer à + Dom |
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