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Originally Posted by Ibrahiim al Balooshi
Salaams kahnjar1 ~ Yours does seem to be lower quality as you indicate "for the tourist market" and going by the appearance of low grade silver that may be the case, although, I do not recognise the hilt form except as I have compared in this thread by my previous post. Being the country next door to Yemen we are in a fine position to view work drifting from there and in particular at this difficult time.. I would have thought that practical on the ground research best achieved by getting into the various Omani Souks would have been beneficial to Forum and presumeably your understanding of the situation and going by the number of positive PM letters received I can vouch for that as true. Of course in so far as collectors are concerned souks are generally full of garbage with about 2 % collectible and the rest to be avoided. I think, however, that the flavour of the souk can be understood and most folks would like to have a look and for the collectors there is some stunning stuff... and for practical research along with museums there is no better place. 
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi. |
I absolutely agree that the Omani Souks hold interest, BUT what I was saying was that THIS thread was to elicet information about the particular Jambiya in question. There is another thread which has the subject of Omani Souks and I find this very interesting myself.....
What I find very frustrating is when an item is put up for comment and identification, and the direction of the thread changes and becomes a discussion on something else entirely.
Regards