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Old 5th June 2011, 06:00 PM   #10
Ibrahiim al Balooshi
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Default Omani and Yemei Daggers.

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Originally Posted by A.alnakkas
I got those 2 daggers off a trade. Had this sword that I get angry by looking at (long story) so traded it with an Omani Khanjar and a Yemeni dagger.

Here's the picts:
Salaams.
Thats good, the Khanjar is from the Batinah Coast. Looks like a bullhorn or cowhorn ("baker") hilt. Nice enough sample. Blade probably an import. The blades are held in by pitch by the way.
I liked the Yemeni Jewish Knife possibly pre 1948. Good blades also made out of lorry suspension bars.
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