MOROCCAN? KOUMMIYA WITH SERIAL NUMBER ON BLADE

Henk · 14th November 2006, 09:21 PM

These Koummiyas are from Morocco. As far as I can judge to the pictures of the blades these certainly don't look as tourist items to me.

I don't know what these numbers mean, perhaps the blades are remade from european military blades?

It is not my field of interest, just put in my two cents.

Marc · 15th November 2006, 09:07 AM

They do indeed seem reworked military sword blades. There's some Spanish patterns (end 19th and 20th c. , and quite a likely source for such blades for scrap) with these characteristic double fullers in the ricasso area, although the numbering strikes me as a bit odd. But I have to check some sources before speculating further.
In any event, if they're indeed salvaged sword blades, they've undoubtely been hot worked, given the curvature of these koummiyyas.
Nice exemplars.

14th November 2006, 09:21 PM	#1
Henk Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 1,209	These Koummiyas are from Morocco. As far as I can judge to the pictures of the blades these certainly don't look as tourist items to me. I don't know what these numbers mean, perhaps the blades are remade from european military blades? It is not my field of interest, just put in my two cents.

15th November 2006, 09:07 AM	#2
Marc Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Madrid / Barcelona Posts: 256	They do indeed seem reworked military sword blades. There's some Spanish patterns (end 19th and 20th c. , and quite a likely source for such blades for scrap) with these characteristic double fullers in the ricasso area, although the numbering strikes me as a bit odd. But I have to check some sources before speculating further. In any event, if they're indeed salvaged sword blades, they've undoubtely been hot worked, given the curvature of these koummiyyas. Nice exemplars.