North Afrika Sword ?

[fernando]

Good pictures Chregu.
Does this sword belong to some collector friend of yours?
Why doesn't he join us?

[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.

[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.

[fernando]

Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

... 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.

[Jim McDougall]

[TVV]

Jim,

I can only speak for myself, but when I post items of friends it is usually because those friends have asked me to do it. The reson they do not register and post themselves is because they speak little English and would have a hard time expressing themselves by using an on-line translator. It is the same reason I am not registered on any of the Russian language forums: while I can read Russian easily, I am not fluent in it and I'd rather have someone more proficient in this language post for me when I have a question on an item.

Sorry for the off topic, but I just wanted to provide a perspective on language barriers.

Back to the Omani sword: thank you chregu for posting this, it is a beautiful sword. I wonder what caused the repair at the tip?

Regards,
Teodor

[fernando]

Originally Posted by TVV

... Sorry for the off topic, but I just wanted to provide a perspective on language barriers...

Perhaps you are missing the point, Teodor .
The actual question being, helping a friend with language difficulties, is a legitimate, constructive and welcome behaviour

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[Jim McDougall]

Thanks very much Teodor, and clearly I had forgotten about the language barrier. I am of course very grateful to see anything posted here as it gives us the opportunity to view and discuss many items which we might not otherwise see. I suppose my point of contention was the many lurking who simply do not participate even to ask questions, the bit about not knowing enough is not really a good reason to not ask questions.
To me its about quid pro quo, and I learn a lot from what is posted here so like to open what books I have to share what else I can.
Naturally, I commend you for helping those with language restrictions, and applaud those who write here with such barriers and boldly write using translators.

All the best,
Jim