Mystery Sword Help Needed.

CharlesS · 3rd January 2008, 04:55 PM

My guess is a bedouin sword, possibly from Arabia, but more likely N. Africa.

ariel · 3rd January 2008, 05:05 PM

The blade surely looks N African.
The so-called "Bedouin" swords usually are much more sophisticated than this one, with a shashka-like handle etc.
But I tend to agree with Charles: it certainly looks like it belonged to a Bedouin. A poor, undernourished, one-goat Bedouin, but a Bedouin nevertheless.

3rd January 2008, 04:55 PM	#1
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	My guess is a bedouin sword, possibly from Arabia, but more likely N. Africa.

3rd January 2008, 05:05 PM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	The blade surely looks N African. The so-called "Bedouin" swords usually are much more sophisticated than this one, with a shashka-like handle etc. But I tend to agree with Charles: it certainly looks like it belonged to a Bedouin. A poor, undernourished, one-goat Bedouin, but a Bedouin nevertheless.