[Kmaddock]

Hi
Another new addition outside my collecting area
A Moroccan Koummya
There is a lot of wear on the knife and the scabbard with a lot of repairs to both.
It is a rudimentary enough piece but I feel it does have genuine age, the blade is not sheet steel so I think it is more than a tourist piece.

The baldrick has a lot of wear and broke at some stage and was just knotted together but looking at the repair I think this was done during its working life.

It is from a nice collection I am slowly purchasing as pieces are released.

So I th8nk it is a early 20 th century knife, there is some enameling on the handle and the scabbard although worn has a lot of goof decoration at some stage.

The support loops on the scabbard have a lot of wear which again I feel indicates age
The handle is timber for the lower part but the top part seems to be stone of some sort with a different stone inlayed

Scabbard is brass with perhaps a silver overlay, scabbard is v substantial in weight and v sturdy

So any comments and do you think I am correct in my ID

Regards to all

Ken