Jambiya question

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Originally Posted by kahnjar1

I can not give much more to this thread, however Steven Gracie in his book JAMBIYA makes a small mention of the "spot welded" blades, without any concise comment as to their wide spread use.
Another consideration here could be that the knife itself is not primarialy intended as a weapon, as most seem to be worn as adornment/status statement, and the blade itself not regarded as the primary function.....just a thought!
Stu.

No what it is so that many blades are not made in I doa or Pakistan and are not forged. They are a single 2.5 or 3mm sheet. Of steel. Then a rip of steel is welded on either side of the blade. Then a rod is welded as the tang. Likes like a jigsaw puzzle. Then the edge is heated up and quenched to make it a little hard and .. ta-daaaa