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Old 31st May 2009, 09:36 PM   #9
Michael Blalock
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After some consideration of why there would be a lot of Ethiopean sword bades in Yemen, beyond the georaphy, I would bet that makers of better Yemeni Jambiyas imported them to salvage the Rhino hilts and then remounted the blades for additional money.
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