Some Jambiyas

[Gavin Nugent]

I have been doing a lot of sympathy buying of late since I was out bid on an incorrectly catalogued 16th century Venetian War hammer .

These are a couple of the half a dozen or so weapons I bought of late, Dha, Dao, clubs, Tibetan sword, some may find there way to the swap forum as I bought them in groups but these two look like they will display well and I'd like to learn more by having them in my hands, so with the minister for war and finance's permission they will stay around the office and be displayed.

I have only ever held a couple of old Jambiyas that were war trophies from Australian WW1 vets, very nice old ivory handled pieces they were, since then I have always been looking here and looking there with no great interest, then as nature would have it I bought these two as the opportunity arose.
Apart from reading what there is within these pages about Jambiya and thanks Lew for posting what you have over time, I would love to know more about these two for learning sake and see what they are and how old they may be. The handles are horn and that is about all I can say for now as due to import restrictions here for small double edged weapons it will be at least 6 weeks before I see them.


Gav