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ariel · 3rd January 2008, 05:05 PM

The blade surely looks N African.
The so-called "Bedouin" swords usually are much more sophisticated than this one, with a shashka-like handle etc.
But I tend to agree with Charles: it certainly looks like it belonged to a Bedouin. A poor, undernourished, one-goat Bedouin, but a Bedouin nevertheless.

3rd January 2008, 05:05 PM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	The blade surely looks N African. The so-called "Bedouin" swords usually are much more sophisticated than this one, with a shashka-like handle etc. But I tend to agree with Charles: it certainly looks like it belonged to a Bedouin. A poor, undernourished, one-goat Bedouin, but a Bedouin nevertheless.