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Lew · 2nd December 2010, 05:28 PM

Stuart

The only thing that bothers me is that the jambiya's hilt is much smaller in width than the mouth of the scabbard which makes me think that it is not original to the scabbard? Here is a sold piece from what looks like the same maker marked 1931 mine is 1927 they look exactly the same but it seems the dagger fits better or is it me? Maybe these scabbards were purposely made a bit wider to accomadate different jambiya most of which are pretty uniform in size?

2nd December 2010, 05:28 PM	#4
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Stuart The only thing that bothers me is that the jambiya's hilt is much smaller in width than the mouth of the scabbard which makes me think that it is not original to the scabbard? Here is a sold piece from what looks like the same maker marked 1931 mine is 1927 they look exactly the same but it seems the dagger fits better or is it me? Maybe these scabbards were purposely made a bit wider to accomadate different jambiya most of which are pretty uniform in size? Attached Images Last edited by Lew; 2nd December 2010 at 05:44 PM.