Few more exemplars. All Palestinian with strong Syrian influence. NOT Lebanese (as properly stated by Eytan). Good workmanship and well forged sharp blades. Common in the Northern regions of Israel.
Most interesting is the last one. Small exemplar, signed on the bladse GAZA (In both Arabic and Latin letters) and dated 1931 on one face of the blade and 1921 (In Arabic numbers) on the other face (From the collection of Dr. M. Barzilay). Quite surprise as GAZA is in the far south.
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