Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Old or new ''fake'' yemeni jambiya-khanjar ?

francantolin · 5th June 2020, 04:15 PM

Hello,

Thank you all for your comments !

50's just begins to be old for humans, for a jambiya not sure

hopefully it's not too recent.

Interesting the ''amberoid'' I didn't know it

I wonder why they used to do this kind of hilt materials instead wood or marble-stone handle and why they mixed it with real silver filgree-mounts.

- Was it to sell it high priced as a rare rhino hilted piece to the few
( I think !?! ) present strangers ( for British ? with the Aden Protectorate... )

- Or for local people who liked the similarity with horn hilt but hadn't enough
money to buy one ? ( like skaï-imitation leather instead of real one )

5th June 2020, 04:15 PM	#7
francantolin Member Join Date: Sep 2014 Posts: 902	Hello, Thank you all for your comments ! 50's just begins to be old for humans, for a jambiya not sure hopefully it's not too recent. Interesting the ''amberoid'' I didn't know it I wonder why they used to do this kind of hilt materials instead wood or marble-stone handle and why they mixed it with real silver filgree-mounts. - Was it to sell it high priced as a rare rhino hilted piece to the few ( I think !?! ) present strangers ( for British ? with the Aden Protectorate... ) - Or for local people who liked the similarity with horn hilt but hadn't enough money to buy one ? ( like skaï-imitation leather instead of real one )