Buying Khanjars in Omani souks

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Thank you for the replies Gents.
Khanjar1: Good point, as this is my first real delve into buying traditional, historical items, I'm not quite sure on my strategy. I would probably prefer something in its more original form however with my schedule and my purse I dont have a ton of time or money to dedicate to restoring these items. I will have to spend some time on this issue, good point. Im just real excited about seeing these items and what there is available.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi: Thank you for your reply. I was able to go through a good amount of pages on the site before my internet died again so I have been following your posts and indeed had read your post about the Omani souks etc. ha I was kind of hoping you would respond. I hadnt read your post on the Khanjar though, am doing so now. If I visit Oman, it will probably be Salalah, not Muscat unfortunately, or I would meet up with you.

Would anyone care to expound a little more on the discussion of not being able to get as good of a deal purchasing these types of items directly from the source? I would have thought that purchasing from Oman, or Saudi, or Iraq or wherever, for the piece you are looking for, would give you a better deal however this is not so? My initial thinking (just by assumption) was that I may be able to purchase items not otherwise as prevalent in the States, at a discounted rate from the States and thus perhaps purchase several, selling some of them in order to pay for the ones I keep for my starting collection.

Thanks again