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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Lovely Omani Khanjar full of patina. Its comes from Sur the famous seafaring town south down the coast from Muscat.. 1950 or near. See my thread about scabbard making as that was in Sur. I may be imagining it but there is some arabic on the head of the hilt? Undecipherable possibly dated? Omani Khanjars do occasionally have "Fils" or elephant tusk hilts but being a seafaring town Sur would have some made with Walrus. They occasionally use the same material on Yemeni hilts. The Khanjar has nice Mulberry Fruit on the crown.. a common tree in Oman. The buckle is fine and it is interesting that the silver makers used to use cuttlefish shells to cast the clasp then refinish after. This Khanjar is a very nice example !  |
Excellent information, thank you very much Ibrahiim.