Nimcha (?) with European Blade for Comments

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

The Palastinian saif is shared for comparison with Ariel's kilij (which I hope he shares) and not to suggest that its a nimcha. As for the origin of the blade, I cannot be sure but its probably locally made.

Salaams A.alnakkas, I assume this is for me~ but we havent seen a kilij from ariel?? Is the Palestinian sword a derivative of one of Buttins Nimcha? Does it therefor originate from the Red Sea perhaps a Saudia variant. Is the other Nimcha with the (I)NDIA scroll work one of the Yemeni variants then modified as Bedawi..

There is a lot of detail hanging in the wind on this weapon and I wonder if it was simply a hybridised cutlass which once it hit the Zanzibar hub shattered into so many other sub types that it became uncontrollably difused.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi.