OLD SYRIAN JAMBIYA

[Aurangzeb]

Hello All!

Today I just got the Syrian jambiya in and is more butiful than the pictures on the auction show! The blade is well forged and still sharp despite the heavy pitting and signs of heavy use the blade shoes. The handle turned out to be horn with bone spacers with brass end caps. To me the blade seems a bit older than the hilt chould it possibly be a older blade that has been rehilted or maybe the hilt has survived better than the blade. The auction says it may have been a ground down european sword but on close looking it apperars the blade is now what it has always been. It has a very authentic feel and I checked the blade for the sighns of beenig deiped in acid but the age seems to be authentic. I guess it's age at early to mid 19th. century. Maybe some one on here can confirm it's age or give me a bacround on this type of dagger?

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Mark...