Two Interesting Moroccan Koummya Daggers

David · 26th January 2014, 05:05 PM

"I Googled it and it came up as often it does as an unrelated picture"
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Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 26th January 2014, 05:26 PM

Salaams David,Thank you for your kind, helpful and supportive post on how the web works.
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

David · 26th January 2014, 05:31 PM

My pleasure Ibrahiim…

Martin Lubojacky · 26th January 2014, 07:25 PM

Hi,
There were "a few" threads on koummyias and another Maghreb short cold weapons in this forum already. Let me recall this one: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=koummya
Jim put very important question (from my point of view) that time: "If there were any references which might address these which might note regional or tribal characteristics". I would be very interested in anthology on Koummiyas with tribal and place allocations etc. Many descriptions inform just about what we can simply see - kind of material used, description of the shape of pommel or handle, measurements, and dated ... often within the range of a century.
(BTW, if speaking about the quality of the blade and the age of this weapon: When I bought the forth piece from the left side /in my entry to a.m. thread - massive sheath body made of silver alloy and fully covered with small floral motives/, the wendor told me it was completely new made. But the quality of this new blade is much better than the quality of the blade of another koummiya - third from the left, which is definitely much more older ...)
Regards,
Martin

26th January 2014, 05:05 PM	#1
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	"I Googled it and it came up as often it does as an unrelated picture" A general note to all who use Google images in the course of their research. Google images NEVER come up as unrelated pictures. That is not the nature of how a search engine works. When you single click on a picture on a google image search it opens in a larger window that allows you the option to either travel to the website of that image's origin to see it in context ("visit page") or open the image for a full-size viewing and/or downloading to your desktop ("view image"). Also, a second click on the image once opened in the larger window will also take you to the site of origin. Please see the attached screen capture below. Hopefully this information will help facilitate a more informed and effective use of images culled from the internet for our research process. Thanks. Attached Images Last edited by David; 26th January 2014 at 05:21 PM.

26th January 2014, 05:26 PM	#2
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Salaams David,Thank you for your kind, helpful and supportive post on how the web works. Regards, Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

26th January 2014, 05:31 PM	#3
David Keris forum moderator Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nova Scotia Posts: 7,211	My pleasure Ibrahiim…

26th January 2014, 07:25 PM	#4
Martin Lubojacky Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Czech Republic Posts: 843	Hi, There were "a few" threads on koummyias and another Maghreb short cold weapons in this forum already. Let me recall this one: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...hlight=koummya Jim put very important question (from my point of view) that time: "If there were any references which might address these which might note regional or tribal characteristics". I would be very interested in anthology on Koummiyas with tribal and place allocations etc. Many descriptions inform just about what we can simply see - kind of material used, description of the shape of pommel or handle, measurements, and dated ... often within the range of a century. (BTW, if speaking about the quality of the blade and the age of this weapon: When I bought the forth piece from the left side /in my entry to a.m. thread - massive sheath body made of silver alloy and fully covered with small floral motives/, the wendor told me it was completely new made. But the quality of this new blade is much better than the quality of the blade of another koummiya - third from the left, which is definitely much more older ...) Regards, Martin