Well made koummya

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Originally Posted by Kubur

You have roughly, 3 kinds of koummiya

1/ the 19th ones with a good blade, most of the time a bayonet or a piece of a sword, good grip, good pommel

2/ the 1900-20ties ones with new material such as amber/bakelit
with very often a stamp on the ricasso

3/ the post 1950-60ties like the ones above

http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/guide.html

Hello Kubur,

I would extend the first cathegory into the 20th century, as I have seen good sturdy, traditional examples made at the begining of the 20th century, and merge 2 and 3 into one single cathegory of "modern" Koummiya mainly for tourist market. But I guess this is just a matter of individual preferences.