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Originally Posted by Iain
This blade seems very similar in profile.
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Salaams Iain ~ I agree . It looked like it had been rounded at the tip which was originally pointed. I suspect stiff blades like these which are fighting blades originally floated down the red sea and onto swords in Ethiopia, Yemen and Saudia.... Probably onto Bedawi weapons and rehilted onto various others like this Karabela. I see these as being cousins(?) when hilted on long Omani hilts though I question the ability to use as dancers in the Omani style.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.