The Syrian Jambiya/Khanjar

Atlantia · 21st June 2011, 11:53 AM

Following on from email discussions with several forum members plus a couple of non-members who read these pages, I thought that it might be useful to try and identify the criteria needed to differentiate the georgraphic origins of these increasingly collected distinctive daggers.

As far as I can ascertain, there seem to be various manufacturing centres.
Damascus of course, Majdal Shams (مجدل شمس) in the Golan, and others.
So, what are the pointers for identifying the origin of these daggers?

I have some examples, and some thoughts. which I will return with later.
I know some other forumites have some very fine examples.

21st June 2011, 11:53 AM	#1
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	The Syrian Jambiya/Khanjar Following on from email discussions with several forum members plus a couple of non-members who read these pages, I thought that it might be useful to try and identify the criteria needed to differentiate the georgraphic origins of these increasingly collected distinctive daggers. As far as I can ascertain, there seem to be various manufacturing centres. Damascus of course, Majdal Shams (مجدل شمس) in the Golan, and others. So, what are the pointers for identifying the origin of these daggers? I have some examples, and some thoughts. which I will return with later. I know some other forumites have some very fine examples.