Hello Andy,
This looks like a fairly good blade to me - do you have calipers to exactly measure blade thickness?
The hilt also looks old and genuine (the metal crest on the peacock pommel is missing, obviously).
I agree that the scroll work on hilt and scabbard isn't on par with those picture book examples but if the blade has a decent thickness, I'd be fairly confident that this is a (tribal?) fighting piece rather than one of the showy wanna-be koummyas sold to travellers of pleasure since the late 19th century...
Happy New Year to all forumites!
Regards,
Kai
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