Is this a Janwi?
 

A few weeks ago i bought this in a bundle with two aceh swords.
However, this one is clearly not from SEA ;)
It looks a lot like a koumiyya from north africa with a very long straight blade.
Blade length is 42cm and overall length is 56cm -- almost a short sword.

From what i recall these things are called "janwi" but i didn't find much information about them, except that a lot of them were made from european bayonet-blades. So i thought, i better ask here :shrug:

Best Regards,
Thilo

Yes, classic example of a janwi or genoui, and quite a nice example at that! Too bad there is no scabbbard; the scabbards are often very attractive.

I am assuming from the pics that the hilt is wood and not rhino?

Nice get!

Hi Charles,

Thank you! :)
A search for "genoui" leads to a lot more information than a search for "janwi".

Yes, a shame that the scabbard is lost but on the other hand the
blade looks nice enough to make up for it. :)

Yes, it is definitely wood, though i don't know what kind of wood.
And i also forgot to add: There is no makers mark and the steel does not appear to be wootz.

Best Regards,
Thilo

These blades are also commonly seen in (eastern) jambiya type hilts, and commonly attributed to Zanzibar

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the pointers!
It took a while, but i finally discovered a picture of such a weapon in this old archived thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000867.html

Best Regards,
Thilo

Thilo,
If you search the forum on sboula, you will find plenty of other examples of what is a Maghrebi weapon, wrongly attributed to Zanzibar in the past.
Regards,
Teodor