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A.alnakkas · 4th April 2012, 06:00 AM

Hey Jim,

Thanks alot for the precious information!

I dont know much about central Asian arms but imho, the false edge is also existant on Arabian arms. My 2 saifs have false edges but one is with a likely european blade.

As you said, those blades probably have travelled around but I think the answer to the sword's origin (or last user..) lies in the hilt. I have seen this type of hilt before but on blades that were attributed to Iraq and Syria. Not sure how correct is that and my source was a Kuwaiti antique dealer.

Not having the reference books is handicapping my research about this blade, so would appreciate pictured examples of similar hilts.

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4th April 2012, 06:00 AM	#27
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	Hey Jim, Thanks alot for the precious information! I dont know much about central Asian arms but imho, the false edge is also existant on Arabian arms. My 2 saifs have false edges but one is with a likely european blade. As you said, those blades probably have travelled around but I think the answer to the sword's origin (or last user..) lies in the hilt. I have seen this type of hilt before but on blades that were attributed to Iraq and Syria. Not sure how correct is that and my source was a Kuwaiti antique dealer. Not having the reference books is handicapping my research about this blade, so would appreciate pictured examples of similar hilts.