Whistlinbill's Collection #2: Jambiya

Battara · 17th December 2011, 06:05 PM

I like jambiya #1 - looks like gilded silver and horn.

spiral · 17th December 2011, 06:30 PM

Great pieces, I love number 1,2 & 5 also!

I think the current live rust needs arresting though, before 3 & 5 deterate even further & end up like the relic blade on 4.

Spiral

Atlantia · 17th December 2011, 10:20 PM

Nice collection Bill.

I agree with Spiral though. That rust on these wafer thin blades is very worrying.

Best
Gene

whistlinbill · 18th December 2011, 12:49 AM

Thanks, gentlemen!
These have been sitting in my basement for a good long while--I just don't have enough wall space to put everything on it. (Built a place with a lot of large windows--plenty of light, but not much place for the arms on the wall.)
The gold looking one is gold. I bought it WAY before gold went through the roof!
Bill

kahnjar1 · 18th December 2011, 01:30 AM

I agree about the rust....kill it quick!! #1, 2 & 5 are either Saudi or Yemeni Jambiya and 3 & 4 probably Omani. Nice pieces and thanks for showing.
Stu

whistlinbill · 21st December 2011, 04:27 AM

Gentlemen, thanks a bunch for your help! Your expertise is most impressive to an old coot like me, who collected with the one book that was available
at the time--Stone's. I very much appreciate all the research you have put in on the knives, and your kind comments.
Thanks,
Bill

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 21st December 2011, 05:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by whistlinbill

Gentlemen, thanks a bunch for your help! Your expertise is most impressive to an old coot like me, who collected with the one book that was available
at the time--Stone's. I very much appreciate all the research you have put in on the knives, and your kind comments.
Thanks,
Bill

CHANGED MY MIND SLIGHTLY !!!
Salaams whistlinbill, Ok you have a good collection there... Gold? If its the number one I would say gold wash...over silver. Your No 1 is a Salalah Khanjar. No 2 is Habaabi from Saudia close to the Oman border. 3 and 4 are a puzzle; Made in Oman perhaps but 3 is decorated in the UAE style below the belt and 4 is odd as it has no belt section(broke off?) but could be a mixture worn say in the southern fringes and we go for Salalah ... 5 is Saudia Jambia WE THINK!
Cleaned up and derusted they will look great. Regards Ibrahiim al Balooshi.

17th December 2011, 06:05 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	I like jambiya #1 - looks like gilded silver and horn.

17th December 2011, 06:30 PM	#2
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Great pieces, I love number 1,2 & 5 also! I think the current live rust needs arresting though, before 3 & 5 deterate even further & end up like the relic blade on 4. Spiral

17th December 2011, 10:20 PM	#3
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Nice collection Bill. I agree with Spiral though. That rust on these wafer thin blades is very worrying. Best Gene

18th December 2011, 12:49 AM	#4
whistlinbill Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 24	Thanks, gentlemen! These have been sitting in my basement for a good long while--I just don't have enough wall space to put everything on it. (Built a place with a lot of large windows--plenty of light, but not much place for the arms on the wall.) The gold looking one is gold. I bought it WAY before gold went through the roof! Bill

18th December 2011, 01:30 AM	#5
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,786	I agree about the rust....kill it quick!! #1, 2 & 5 are either Saudi or Yemeni Jambiya and 3 & 4 probably Omani. Nice pieces and thanks for showing. Stu

21st December 2011, 04:27 AM	#6
whistlinbill Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 24	Gentlemen, thanks a bunch for your help! Your expertise is most impressive to an old coot like me, who collected with the one book that was available at the time--Stone's. I very much appreciate all the research you have put in on the knives, and your kind comments. Thanks, Bill