Jambiya thouma

[kahnjar1]

Originally Posted by Kubur

Dear Stu,
Thank you for your idea to contact the author. But I was thinking that it could be more interesting to post a thread. For me it was the whole idea of this forum, no? It seems that you have few jambiya, do you have the kind we talked about?
Best,

Hi Kubur,
All avenues of investigation need to be followed to improve one's knowledge of the particular subject, including posts to the Forum, books, and any other way, such as email contact with informed people.
As far any Thumah jambiya in my collection go, I only have one now, but did have some others.
The one I have now, and posted here, is probably more correctly called a Julba, due to it's size. It is 19" (48.5cm) top to bottom. The whole is made of high quality silver with beautiful decoration, and is signed and dated by the maker. It weighs 1.2kg.
The translation of the Arabic reads AMAL (made by) MOHAMED MIDWANE 1378 (1958 AD) JEDDAH So we know who made it, where it was made, and also when.
Stu