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This jambiya has just finished on eBay, looked to be a good early one, with interesting hilt. I was going to bid but have had my 'fingers burned' before.....so I was a little more cautious. The blade looked one piece but several e-mails later, I asked them whether the blade sounded hollow.....the honest reply was that it indeed sounded hollow
![]() The overall impression of the knife/scabbard was that it was old but with the 'sheet metal' blade it could only be mid 20th C onwards....or am I mistaken. If I am right...the buyer paid well over the odds. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...MEWA:IT&ih=005 Please comments and information will be gratefully received, thank you Regards David Last edited by katana; 15th September 2008 at 11:08 PM. |
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Hi David,
Bizarre hilt ![]() Experts will probably tell you this is indeed a XX century souvenir. I guess the important thing is you didn't buy it ![]() Fernando |
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Hi Fernando ![]() ....at that price ![]() Regards David |
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BTW, Remember mine? It cost some more ... but no knock off for sure. All silver (not sterling, though ![]() May i? |
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Hi
based on my search to identify mine, according with the general shape, could come from Seyun (Sayun - سيئون) Hadramaout the dealer did not lie you ![]() he said " Vintage (Pre-1970) " let us say then 1960 ![]() or may be 1950 ... à + Dom |
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I was thinking that the knife itself is Arab and the scabbard was North African, mated to each other later.
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