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10th February 2024, 04:23 PM | #1 |
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Very interesting Lotfy, thank you for posting these. Do you also have pictures of the blade of the Algerian nimcha?
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12th February 2024, 04:02 AM | #2 |
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I would like to thank everyone who contributed to this thread! (especially Jim, for starting it!). As a 'follower' of all things pirate, I had been confused by the various patterns of swords from the Magreb and other regions referred to broadly as 'nimcha'. For someone such as myself who would like to add a Barbary corsair-type sword to their collection, this clarifies the issue very much! Thanks to everyone again!
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12th February 2024, 04:46 AM | #3 | |
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There appears to be both import and 'local' production of relatively good quality. I am mainly basing this on the varying finish quality but all seem to maintain the very wide spine and drastic distal taper. |
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12th February 2024, 04:51 AM | #4 |
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This example I sold a while ago. From what I remember the blade was phenomenal. Those short blades I came to handle all share the features I've mentioned before; very wide spines and drastic distal taper but not all look the same. Some have Arabic stamps too.
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12th February 2024, 06:22 AM | #5 |
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I believe these two are for pirate use also.
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12th February 2024, 04:38 PM | #6 |
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Beautiful and interesting examples Lotfi, thank you for sharing.
Eftihis, the sword and yataghan you show with nimcha grips could have certainly been used in a naval context, and in fact, it is even likely that they were. |
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I would like to correct my earlier posts where I showed a sword which I had assumed was one of the 'kitara' swords, which was in fact a Manding saber from Mali. The first image is the one in question; the 2nd a proper Manding saber. |
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13th February 2024, 12:48 AM | #8 |
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Just a close look at Moplah blades...
Hello Jim, Your #8 Post shows the clear evidence of several design features probably made through cross regional movement in the Indian Ocean... Here I want to comment upon the broadened blade aspect of such a design movement also shown at #2 By TVV. . Clearly there has been a lot of sword design flow across the Indian Ocean
I have looked through some excellent entries on Forum in this regard and at the web in the case of the following reference https://www.mandarinmansion.com/glossary/moplah-sword centuries gone by. Key artwork for inclusion here is on the distinctive broad blade of the Moplah...my suggestion being to illustrate how such a blade could well influence swords could have been influenced across the Indian Ocean from the home of the Moplah.. The Malibar Coast. Last edited by Peter Hudson; 13th February 2024 at 01:05 AM. |
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