Flyssa - I finally got one!!

kronckew · 22nd May 2007, 12:39 AM

hi manolo, how's the spine on yours?

mine is engraved, brass inlaid and fancy fileworked for about 2/3 the length of the blade spine.

the curved one i have (see the other flyssa thread from today) does not have any decorations on the spine & the brass is tacked on with a large number of flush tacks which are quite obvious, unlike the straight one where you need to look closely to spot them, and the guard is fairly flimsy sheet brass, the blade itself is quite thick, distally tapered, not like the wedding nimchas, and may be a transitional piece morphing from a real to a parade weapon.

Lew · 22nd May 2007, 04:31 AM

Very nice flyssa gentleman. Here is my pride and joy this flyssa has some of the nicest inlay I have seen to date. My son made me promise never to sell or trade it because he wants it as a family heirloom.

Lew

Flavio · 22nd May 2007, 03:42 PM

Hey Lew, do you want to adopt me? I am only 31 years old

Lew · 22nd May 2007, 05:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Flavio

Hey Lew, do you want to adopt me? I am only 31 years old

Flavio

I am 20yrs older than you so the idea is not too far fetched

but then I would have access to your collection also

Lew

Flavio · 22nd May 2007, 06:06 PM

It's OK, then we can start the iter for the adoption

katana · 23rd May 2007, 10:23 AM

Hi Emanuel,
congrats......looks to be a very nice short flyssa..at last

..and like you I got mine cheaply, it was very dirty, the pictures were poor and it was listed as 'possibly a military bayonet'...

David

Lew. if the adoptions are freely available, count me in......as long as you could accept 'the raised eye brows'....I'm only 8 years your Junior.

Emanuel · 4th July 2007, 03:58 PM

Well, here are some more pics, as it never hurts to have pics.
Kronckew, my flyssa is very much like yours, with near-identical floral decoration on the spine. Actually, this is also very much like that on Lew's example, but i think his lost some of the brass.
Now I wonder if these variations represent different artisan hands, or the same at different times. If we take it that these "high-quality" flyssa were the work of the Iflissen, then did the same design persist over the years, or were most pieces produced in a short time period?
A detailed study of all of these would be interesting...anyone care to send me their flyssa for analysis?

I got around to uploading "Sabres Kabyles" by Camille Lacoste-Desjardinds. I've ranted on before about this treatise and I highly recommend it if you can read French... http://rapidshare.com/files/40972393/sabresKabyles.pdf

Emanuel

22nd May 2007, 04:31 AM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Very nice flyssa gentleman. Here is my pride and joy this flyssa has some of the nicest inlay I have seen to date. My son made me promise never to sell or trade it because he wants it as a family heirloom. Lew Attached Images

4th July 2007, 03:58 PM	#7
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Well, here are some more pics, as it never hurts to have pics. Kronckew, my flyssa is very much like yours, with near-identical floral decoration on the spine. Actually, this is also very much like that on Lew's example, but i think his lost some of the brass. Now I wonder if these variations represent different artisan hands, or the same at different times. If we take it that these "high-quality" flyssa were the work of the Iflissen, then did the same design persist over the years, or were most pieces produced in a short time period? A detailed study of all of these would be interesting...anyone care to send me their flyssa for analysis? I got around to uploading "Sabres Kabyles" by Camille Lacoste-Desjardinds. I've ranted on before about this treatise and I highly recommend it if you can read French... http://rapidshare.com/files/40972393/sabresKabyles.pdf Emanuel Attached Images

22nd May 2007, 12:39 AM	#1
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,228	hi manolo, how's the spine on yours? mine is engraved, brass inlaid and fancy fileworked for about 2/3 the length of the blade spine. the curved one i have (see the other flyssa thread from today) does not have any decorations on the spine & the brass is tacked on with a large number of flush tacks which are quite obvious, unlike the straight one where you need to look closely to spot them, and the guard is fairly flimsy sheet brass, the blade itself is quite thick, distally tapered, not like the wedding nimchas, and may be a transitional piece morphing from a real to a parade weapon.

22nd May 2007, 03:42 PM	#3
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	Hey Lew, do you want to adopt me? I am only 31 years old

22nd May 2007, 06:06 PM	#5
Flavio Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Italia Posts: 1,243	It's OK, then we can start the iter for the adoption

23rd May 2007, 10:23 AM	#6
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Hi Emanuel, congrats......looks to be a very nice short flyssa..at last ..and like you I got mine cheaply, it was very dirty, the pictures were poor and it was listed as 'possibly a military bayonet'... David Lew. if the adoptions are freely available, count me in......as long as you could accept 'the raised eye brows'....I'm only 8 years your Junior.