Jambiya and Khanjar

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Salaams Johan van Zyl,
I hope you may have looked at The Omani Khanjar thread. lt will give you a good grounding for detail on your Omani Khanjar at Forum Library on~

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=14878

The blade is always considered first and as you point out it is fairly standard but you note it is fixed tight..good ! The hilt looks like cow horn..again a standard material though nowadays they often use a plastic dense compound..Typical on a bovine hilt is a full silver plate.The scabbard is nice with fine silver stitching all over..indicating a Baatinah weapon and tipped at the Quba with a silver crown.Nice big terrs like shields above the rings are always good to see..Souks in the region inter trade with each other frequently and you have Sanaa, Muttrah and Sharjah all providing weapons to the tourist trade all the time..Usually these weapons have a belt and other additions ..but you may want to gather those up as you go along..My workshop on the Baatinah makes Khanjars all the time and actually specialises in the UAE variant.