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Rick · 18th July 2011, 01:53 AM

I would guess this begs the question: how many other sword hilts found in the Philippines show possible Arab influence ?

If the answer is few I would lean toward parallel development .

This is a Nimcha Hilt; I see great differences between this and the Zanzibar hilt .

Here's a link to the original discussion of this sayf; let's throw that into our cooking pot .

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...enetian+nimcha

18th July 2011, 01:53 AM	#16
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	I would guess this begs the question: how many other sword hilts found in the Philippines show possible Arab influence ? If the answer is few I would lean toward parallel development . This is a Nimcha Hilt; I see great differences between this and the Zanzibar hilt . Here's a link to the original discussion of this sayf; let's throw that into our cooking pot . http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...enetian+nimcha Attached Images Last edited by Rick; 18th July 2011 at 02:56 AM.