Two north african knives

[blue lander]

The only vendetta knives I've seen are the modern folding knife variety. The other bousaadi knives I've seen on this forum look more optimized for use as a dagger than mine. The tip on mine is dull and rounded and it's much thicker than you'd expect from a stabbing weapon. I don't know if this was by design or just careless craftsmanship. I still don't know what to make of the weird cutting edge. It could again be careless craftsmanship, the maker only bothered to sharpen one side, but there is a very slight bevel on the "flat" side so he had to have put some effort into that.

Edit: Another thing I just realized after looking at a dozen bousaadi knives on auction sites is that they all have a hole drilled through the handle, even the cheapo tourist ones. Mine doesn't.

I've been looking and looking for similar knives to that second one, but I haven't come up with anything. Maybe it was a "fantasy" piece made for tourists.