Jambiya in Yemen

[Multumesc]

The Yemeni Jambiya I really like.I appreciate the patience and skill with which it is done.I have a question:When was manufactured ? Thank you.

[Multumesc]

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[Multumesc]

Nobody knows ???

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by Multumesc

Nobody knows ???

The coin looks like a Roman Aureus (golden coin). The macro picture is not good enough to read the inscription. A second coin is lost.

If i'm right, the value of the coin is much higher than the knife.

The golden coin also indicates a good to high quality of this Jambiya.

I would date the Jambiya back to the 19th century or very early 20th century.

[harrywagner]

I think Roland is probably right. Can you determine if the coin in gold? You see a lot of brass ones. What does the wood inside the sheath look like? 100 year old wood should be dark and look almost petrified.

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by harrywagner

100 year old wood should be dark and look almost petrified.

Not necessarily, it depends on environment conditions and how good the wood was treated in its active time. A little bit of wax from time to time, thats all.
Especially hardwood aging is extremely slow.

In Germany we have quite wet weather conditions but we also have half-timbered houses, which are hundreds of years old.
The house in the picture is from 1617.


Roland