Algerian Nimcha needs help

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Originally Posted by Kubur

Have you seen the hilt is made of two pieces of horn and not one like on the Moroccan nimcha...

That is a great question. Sadly, I do not have any older nimchas in my collection where I can examine the hilt, but I suspect that the fancier Algerian ones with tortoise shell hilts have scales and not a single piece of horn underneath. I have also never been to Malta yet, but the collection of older examples there should probably provide some clues as well.

[Kubur]

Thanks guys, especialy Roland, looks very similar...