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|  1st May 2010, 01:43 AM | #1 | 
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			Looks shortish to me. And suspiciously like a naval cutlass. North African Nimchas had similar  blades. And the down-turned quillons seem to fit with this attribution. Here are 2 Ottoman nimchas Last edited by ariel; 1st May 2010 at 07:25 PM. | 
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|  1st May 2010, 07:35 PM | #2 | 
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			That snake sure looks like African work.  Dahomey?
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