Koummaya infection
This is my second post, first day posting, as a new guy. I have accumulated American flint & percussion firearms since DDE's first term. Recently I bought a miniature dagger, about 3" (7-1/2cm) long in the scabbard. A friend told me it was a miniature Moroccan Koummaya & showed me some of the knives & swords he picked up while in the Mideast. That may have ruined me. My quick introduction to this field has left me also with a couple of Indonesian knives and a small Indian Kard with Mohammed's Ladder pattern to the wootz and Makara on the handle. No photos yet of that, but when this New Guy's photo gets accepted it will be the original source of my current infection, that little Moroccan dagger.
I am a retired metallurgist and find blades with steel such as wootz and the layer-welded Indonesian blades most fascinating. Live in Michigan, USA.
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