Thanks Teodor, in Gracie's book there are quite a lot of thouma jambiyas of very high quality, made by Jewish and Arab silversmiths. There is a single jambiya in the book that can somewhat compare to mine. Doesn't mean, of course, that it was made by one of those great silversmiths in the book. There are no marks on it but as you said made by an excellent craftsman. The jambiyas themselves from the book are reasonably uniform and simple, but mostly with a handle made of rhino horn and a decent blade. Hence my doubt that they belong together. Most of the jambiyas I have fit into this sheath, so not that difficult to fill the empty sheath.
Regards
Marc
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