OLD AND VERY RARE MODEL OF AFRICAN SABER

THIS IS A NIMCHA SABER

OF THE ALGERIAN NAVY

17TH AND 18TH CENTURY.

OTTOMAN PERIOD WHOSE INFLUENCE IS WELL RECOGNIZED

ON THE SHAPE OF THE BLADE WHICH IS REMINISCENT OF THE TURKISH KILIJ.

THIS SABER IS VERY FREQUENTLY ASSOCIATED WITH BARBARESQUE PIRATES.

EVERYTHING IS IN THE PICTURES.

I SPECIFY THAT THE HOLES ON THE HANDLE ARE INTENTIONAL

AND RELATIVELY SYMMETRICAL, FROM ONE SIDE TO THE OTHER.

VERY NICE QUALITY BLADE.

THE BRONZE QUILLON GUARD MOVES A LITTLE,

BUT TOGETHER IN VERY GOOD CONDITION.

THIS SABER, WHICH HAS BECOME VERY RARE, IS AT RATHER HIGH PRICES IN THE AUCTION ROOM,

EVEN WITHOUT A SCABBARD THAT PIRATES DID NOT ALWAYS KEEP,

THE SLIPPER AT THE BELT.

TOTAL LENGTH APPROXIMATELY 70 CM / 28"