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Old 12th June 2011, 09:30 PM   #6
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by tom hyle
very cool examples of swords dressed without benefit of a metal worker.
The handguard resembles that of a kampilan more than anything, but still I'm guessing N African might be correct.....cool swords.

Good guess on N African, the Berber attribution suggested in the original post inspires......only resemblance to a kampilan though is that the hilt is carved wood.
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