North Afrika Sword ?

[Jim McDougall]

Originally Posted by Iain

I'm also interested to know this, as I'm a little hesitant to keep commenting on the sword without knowing who the owner is or status of the piece.

Good question Iain, it seems that it has become a fairly regular practice for members to present weapons from friends, relatives or whatever . Do these people not have computers, or is it simply they are too timid to join us (we cant possibly be that intimidating
At least the tired old saw of 'I just inherited this' or found this in an attic, wall etc. has subsided (in our forum at least).

By the number of hits on a thread compared to the responses (numbers like 100 or even many hundreds to one) it can be seen there are literally huge numbers of those lurking, but not contributing or commenting. I would imagine there is considerable material or examples out there which is not presented due to shy and timid lurkers who apparantly do not have friends among members who can boldly present thier weapons for them.
What a pity.

The very reason I research and post the material I do is in hopes it might be read and of some value to the weapon holder. The typical responses indicate that such validity is difficult to express by third party.