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Conogre · 1st March 2005, 06:14 AM

By the way, the one comment I didn't make before?
Very nice find and I LIKE it!!!!
Well done!
Mike

Mans · 1st March 2005, 10:20 AM

I don't know anything about this piece.

But I can read the arabic scipt in this blade..., "MARAKAS" , perhaps like Marrocco or Marakesh ?

Good steel and very nice pice, I think.

Regards,
Mans.

tom hyle · 1st March 2005, 01:28 PM

khoumiya pommels strike me as being related to ancient and medieval "eared" daggers and swords.
Examining the dents on the handle will tell you the material is a thin sheet backed with something mushable (pitch? soft wood?), and that it is a harder metal than pewter, which would likely be quite scarred from whatever caused such dents.

1st March 2005, 10:20 AM	#2
Mans Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: East Java Posts: 137	Nice piece I don't know anything about this piece. But I can read the arabic scipt in this blade..., "MARAKAS" , perhaps like Marrocco or Marakesh ? Good steel and very nice pice, I think. Regards, Mans.

1st March 2005, 06:14 AM	#1
Conogre Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Clearwater, Florida Posts: 371	By the way, the one comment I didn't make before? Very nice find and I LIKE it!!!! Well done! Mike

1st March 2005, 01:28 PM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	khoumiya pommels strike me as being related to ancient and medieval "eared" daggers and swords. Examining the dents on the handle will tell you the material is a thin sheet backed with something mushable (pitch? soft wood?), and that it is a harder metal than pewter, which would likely be quite scarred from whatever caused such dents.