On the subject of Arab sabres...

ariel · 29th May 2009, 03:07 PM

I still have a real Nimcha ( " a small one" according to Elgood). It has a newly-made scabbard that is remarkably similar to this one. I got it from a guy in Lebanon ( and stupidly refused his offer to buy another one just like that), and he was very open about the new-ness of the scabbard. I think this is a cottage industry there, perhaps the same workshop. I do not see much Bukharan influence, local contemporary Levantine "style".
Only this time around the re-working was much more extensive. The blade is a trade one from Germany to Abyssinia. The rest is pure " Paris of the Levant" :-)

29th May 2009, 03:07 PM	#4
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I still have a real Nimcha ( " a small one" according to Elgood). It has a newly-made scabbard that is remarkably similar to this one. I got it from a guy in Lebanon ( and stupidly refused his offer to buy another one just like that), and he was very open about the new-ness of the scabbard. I think this is a cottage industry there, perhaps the same workshop. I do not see much Bukharan influence, local contemporary Levantine "style". Only this time around the re-working was much more extensive. The blade is a trade one from Germany to Abyssinia. The rest is pure " Paris of the Levant" :-)