sword i bid on, but dident meet the reserve.

ariel · 21st July 2008, 05:13 PM

There are several examples of swords with " drooping quillons" : Spanish-Moresque Jineta, North African and Zanzibari Nimcha and Omani Kattara ( the older variant). They look like sharing this feature.
Arabs migrated to N. Africa and Iberia quite early in the course of Islamic invasion and converted the entire native population to Islam.
Do these swords carry a " birthmark" of the early , pra Islamic model? Or, were the "droopers" peculiar to local Berber tradition and later just spread both East and West? Or...
You got my drift.
Jim? Ward? Any volunteers?

21st July 2008, 05:13 PM	#18
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	There are several examples of swords with " drooping quillons" : Spanish-Moresque Jineta, North African and Zanzibari Nimcha and Omani Kattara ( the older variant). They look like sharing this feature. Arabs migrated to N. Africa and Iberia quite early in the course of Islamic invasion and converted the entire native population to Islam. Do these swords carry a " birthmark" of the early , pra Islamic model? Or, were the "droopers" peculiar to local Berber tradition and later just spread both East and West? Or... You got my drift. Jim? Ward? Any volunteers?