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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Yesterday, 02:41 AM
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Posted By fennec
Handle length

(Again, ok Im a blacksmith, ok algerian and self proclamed specialist (lol), but I still can absolutely wrong on what is coming, so only my theories... )

Well Yuri, for me, yours is clearly a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons Yesterday, 01:45 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,602
Posted By fennec
Hi Yuri, about this quote, I unfortunatly have to...

Hi Yuri, about this quote, I unfortunatly have to make just a little politic, but I promise not too much !
You can really not compare algeria to its neighbours on those subject, that are the rests...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2025, 05:07 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,602
Posted By fennec
Yep mate, actually, I guess that a lot of those...

Yep mate, actually, I guess that a lot of those staight knives, are clearly from before 1830, and many things can proov that. First of all, a lot where tooken in the very few times of colonisation on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2025, 04:59 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,602
Posted By fennec
About flissas..

Hi Jim, happy that my theories find some logic to your ears ! You right when you say that the subject is wide, actually, Ive begun this book 3years ago.. finished the text part one year ago, after...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th July 2025, 02:35 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,504
Posted By fennec
I was also about to say "Trabzon knife", that is...

I was also about to say "Trabzon knife", that is actually same area.

Take a look to this one

http://www.oriental-arms.co.il/photos.php?id=2310
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th July 2025, 07:18 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,717
Posted By fennec
They usually/traditionnally are yes, but not all...

They usually/traditionnally are yes, but not all of them (may be 80% I guess). I think that some craftsman dont want to damage some hardest steel (as files for ex) with such a risky method (that was...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2025, 04:11 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 27,778
Posted By fennec
As Ive just described in another post, Those...

As Ive just described in another post,
Those swords are actually a bit close to a particular kind of short sabers used by algerian navy man in the ottoman era, or "barbary coasts" of algiers. So...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2025, 02:31 AM
Replies: 43
Views: 73,580
Posted By fennec
THIS IS ALGERIAN :D:D:D yeah, its me again,...

THIS IS ALGERIAN :D:D:D

yeah, its me again, juste to add some "salt" to the discussion, as we say in french... naah, I mean, I'm not categoric, and I dont want to be that pathetic algerian guy...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2025, 01:24 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 12,717
Posted By fennec
Hi mates, and particularly Detlef, how are you my...

Hi mates, and particularly Detlef, how are you my friend ? Sorry for those silent times, life was... eventful :D

Well, yep, genuine bousaadi knife, "khodmi" (knife) from Bousaada (algeria). This...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2025, 01:09 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,602
Posted By fennec
just some more details.. In algerian cutlery, a...

just some more details..
In algerian cutlery, a different style, dont mean that the craftsman dont know the previous skill, or is going original. I mean, as for curves "flissa" daggers for exemple,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2025, 12:56 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 3,602
Posted By fennec
Talking Hi mates, your algerian/french blacksmith here...

Hi mates, your algerian/french blacksmith here with you !

This is what I call a "curved flissa dagger", by opposition to the straight ones, that are mostly, in my thought, real weapons. Those ones...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th July 2025, 12:19 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 2,073
Posted By fennec
Hi mates. Yep this is a beautifull khodmi...

Hi mates.
Yep this is a beautifull khodmi knife. Acrtually khodmi only mean "knife" in algerian, so you can have a lot of lenght for them... those kinds are usually called "khodmi ta3 dbih", as a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th April 2025, 02:31 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 18,141
Posted By fennec
Hi my friend, and sorry for a so long silence......

Hi my friend, and sorry for a so long silence... lot of personal changement, and a book about algerian weapons that I struggle to finish, but soon I hope, "Inshallah" :D

For the dagger, it is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th March 2024, 10:39 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 54,348
Posted By fennec
About algerian nimcha

Hi mates, here with you Khaled, your Algerian (France based) blacksmith, and collector to serve you (you probably read me before about bousaadi khodmi). Please pardon my poor english

Everyday,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd March 2023, 01:19 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 220,757
Posted By fennec
Also the three fuller are often on touareg...

Also the three fuller are often on touareg takuba, if is a reused Sword as mentioned, it can explain why they are not centered. Is it one edged or both sides are sharpened ?
For the handle, Ive...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th February 2023, 03:08 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 45,100
Posted By fennec
Hi mate, and sorry for the Time to answer, Im a...

Hi mate, and sorry for the Time to answer, Im a bit busy these days.

Thanks for those details, there now absolutely no doubt about the algerian origin of those knives. You Can also see the same...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th February 2023, 11:48 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 45,100
Posted By fennec
Hi Detlef, and thanks for your consideration, and...

Hi Detlef, and thanks for your consideration, and the interest you show to Algerian crafts.

Yep, I think, with all consideration for my modest knowledge, that these are all algerian crafts, and...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th February 2023, 03:42 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 7,981
Posted By fennec
Hi, I know arabic, but not as well to translate...

Hi, I know arabic, but not as well to translate (I can read most of those words, not all, but don't really understand literal arabic, I speak a dialect). I'll ask some friend and tell you ;)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th February 2023, 03:39 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 45,100
Posted By fennec
Confirmation of Algerian Bou-saadi Khodmi

Hi everyone, I'm new to the site, and only here because of that post :)
I'm an 35yr french blacksmith, with algerian descent, and I want to spread with you some of my knowledge, about crafts of my...
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