Yemenite jambiya khanjar

Jim McDougall · 30th November 2016, 10:26 PM

Hi Kubur,
Can you elaborate on the horn or materials used on Yemeni hilts on janbiyya? I am way foreign to study on these daggers, but it seems that in many cases of swords of various types mounted in Yemen with Ethiopian blades.....the idea was to bring in shotels from Ethiopia in order to dismantle them for the rhino from the hilts.
These swords were typically mounted in San'aa and the horn used to fashion janbiyya hilts.
As I recall from discussions quite some time ago, there was a great deal of attention to the quality and character of the horn in grips, which was key to status of the wearer.

I am also unclear on the same distribution of rhino horn into Omani areas and character of those...similar guidelines ?

Naturally I am concerned with genuine traditionally worn examples and not the 'souvenier' types.

30th November 2016, 10:26 PM	#19
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,189	Hi Kubur, Can you elaborate on the horn or materials used on Yemeni hilts on janbiyya? I am way foreign to study on these daggers, but it seems that in many cases of swords of various types mounted in Yemen with Ethiopian blades.....the idea was to bring in shotels from Ethiopia in order to dismantle them for the rhino from the hilts. These swords were typically mounted in San'aa and the horn used to fashion janbiyya hilts. As I recall from discussions quite some time ago, there was a great deal of attention to the quality and character of the horn in grips, which was key to status of the wearer. I am also unclear on the same distribution of rhino horn into Omani areas and character of those...similar guidelines ? Naturally I am concerned with genuine traditionally worn examples and not the 'souvenier' types.