Attached Link: http://www.touregypt.net/featurestories/weapons.htm

Here's a better pic of that scimitar and a few other ancient Egyptian wepons. This link: http://www.argoth.co.uk/acatalog/Egyptian_Weapons.html has some spectacular examples of ornate Egyption knives and swords. The blade design is worth copying even if the handles are impossible. I'm going to have a go at the scimitar, it looks like a cool project to try. The knives are way out of my beginer modeling league.