Salaams and thanks for bringing up this brillant thread... The picture at #11 is absolutely relevant to the sword under scrutiny presently and I had forgotten that I already had posted with Michael Blalock on this sighting...Currently we are puzzling over the weapon as being Yemeni etc.
see
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/newrep...ote=1&p=152299 Scroll down 12 pictures(final picture) and see 3rd from right sword.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.