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Old 6th October 2009, 05:44 PM   #1
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I'm a new forum member, briefly introduced myself http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10862

So last month I visited Yemen especially in order to meet local Jambiya traditions. So I want to share few pics at this forum

National Museum





Process of Jambiya making at the museum stand



And on the streets





Jambiya market in Sana'a





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Old 6th October 2009, 07:08 PM   #2
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Thanks for the great photos. Were there any swords at the National Museum?
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Old 6th October 2009, 07:27 PM   #3
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Great photos - very interesting...
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Old 6th October 2009, 07:52 PM   #4
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There was not so many swords in the National Museum, still I took some pictures









There were some really nice turkish swords in other hall, but the museum staff didn't like me taking pictures there for some reason so I had to retreat
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Old 6th October 2009, 07:53 PM   #5
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But I took a few shots in the Military Museum as well - cameras were allowed there

Pre-Islamic...



And later periods













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Some more Jambiya of 19-20 centuries











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Old 6th October 2009, 08:04 PM   #7
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And this Jambiya was a present from some Saudi official, it has Saudi coat of arms

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Old 6th October 2009, 08:06 PM   #8
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Museum visitors.

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Old 6th October 2009, 10:42 PM   #9
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Thanks for the additional pictures. The sword on the left in this picture was what I was hoping to see. I notice that the spiral silver strip seen on newly made yemeni swords is on a lot of these. Great suff!
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Old 6th October 2009, 11:08 PM   #10
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Great photos, thanks for posting!
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Old 7th October 2009, 04:55 PM   #11
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Very nice!!! Thank you so much for sharing. Love those broad swords with deep fullers, as well as the variety of really nice modern jambiyas available in the market - my kind of shopping paradise!
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Very nice photos thanks for sharing...very interesting to see photos.
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Old 9th October 2009, 03:00 PM   #13
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From for you (Мусаши), I too have bought yemen jambiya.
Very good a photo session.
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Old 16th October 2009, 09:55 AM   #14
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this one:
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Old 16th October 2009, 12:09 PM   #15
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Thank's for sharing!
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Is that a Podong I see in the 2nd photo of the Military Museum ?

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Old 18th October 2009, 07:10 PM   #17
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Is that a Podong I see in the 2nd photo of the Military Museum ?

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Indeed. Good eye.

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Old 18th October 2009, 07:17 PM   #18
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There are many Yemenis who traded and traveled to SE Asia and Indonesia.
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Musashi, welcome!
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