Nejdi Sword, Authentic or modern repro?

Dom · 30th June 2011, 12:31 AM

Hi my Friend

in the year 1980,
I saw Yemeni blacksmith manufacturing this type of swords, in the Jeddah Bedouin suq

in the year 1990,
I bought two swords from Kuweit (!), for our Cairo home decor,
as far as I know, was manufactured in Syria,
with a quality well below yours, but with more or less the same hilt shape (pics here attached)

nevertheless, the blade looks older,
very unusual to find a stamp figuring an human, on a Saudi sword (!) ...

wouldn't be appreciated by the Wahhabits ...

all the best

à +

Dom

30th June 2011, 12:31 AM	#2
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	Hi my Friend in the year 1980, I saw Yemeni blacksmith manufacturing this type of swords, in the Jeddah Bedouin suq in the year 1990, I bought two swords from Kuweit (!), for our Cairo home decor, as far as I know, was manufactured in Syria, with a quality well below yours, but with more or less the same hilt shape (pics here attached) nevertheless, the blade looks older, very unusual to find a stamp figuring an human, on a Saudi sword (!) ... wouldn't be appreciated by the Wahhabits ... all the best à + Dom Attached Images