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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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Known there as a Qolxad (?) (wiki link)
metal work looks like tarnished silver or brass, double fullers. seen service & has appropriate dings. listed as 19c. Vendors description: Wahabite jambiya, mid-19th century, nomadic Banai Quran tribes, used also by the Shar and Malik warriors of the desert dunes. (The weapon is also referred to as a “Dharia” or sometimes a “Malsa”) The knife is 50 cm (2 ft.), blade is about 36 cm long (14 in.) Looks like one a step up from bluelander's one HERE And a step down from the one he mentioned which is HERE Have not seen the Yemeni attribution before, is this accurate? how can we tell whether it's Yemeni/Somali/Ethiopian? I see Somalis wear them on their right side, drawing it must be interesting, reminiscent of a khukuri... Thanks for any comments. |
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