writing on a sansibar hilt - Ethnographic Arms & Armour

13th December 2011, 10:36 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,192	I am wondering where the 'Zanzibar' designation comes from on this. The wood hilt is quite unusual and the blade seems to recall some of the heavier 'flyssa' type sabres from Algerian Berber regions in 20th c. Not sure on the writing which hopefull our linguists might recognize.

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