A Berber saber?

[FenrisWolf]

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

Great stuff!! North African. The scabbard really states it without any question. Well done. I want one.

So, I let the one with the definitive evidence slip thru my fingers? @#$%$##@$%^@!

Just for my edification, what was it about the scabbard that convinced you as to its provenance? I didn't see anything that couldn't just as easily have been made in the Phillipines, or Mexico for that matter.