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23rd October 2006, 02:25 AM
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Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Route 66
Posts: 10,453
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Hi Fernando,
It seems to me that Elgood notes in his book "Arms & Armour of Arabia" that on the janbiyya scabbard, the bulb at the tip represented a garlic bulb and was termed 'thum' if memory serves. Now if that was a scabbard from out here in the west, that bulby thing would be a dead ringer for a rattler (nasty critters!)  S., thank you! All best regards, Jim |
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