Saif for comment

kahnjar1 · 21st August 2012, 05:16 AM

This may help Jim. Pic of the Zanzibari Saif with the "ringed" guard herewith.
Stu

Tatyana Dianova · 21st August 2012, 07:19 AM

Thank you all for the comments!
The Zanzibari hilts look really most similar to it, but this one have never had a loop on the crossguard...
The blade is of local manufacture, with makers's mark, pretty massive and heavy.
The hilt is most probably ebony.

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21st August 2012, 07:19 AM	#2
Tatyana Dianova Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 784	Thank you all for the comments! The Zanzibari hilts look really most similar to it, but this one have never had a loop on the crossguard... The blade is of local manufacture, with makers's mark, pretty massive and heavy. The hilt is most probably ebony.