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Old 18th November 2016, 04:18 AM   #1
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Default Tink! or Thunk! sound

One can learn a bit about the quality of a jambiya blade from Yemen by flicking a finger against the blade. A high pitched "tink!" is lesser quality. A deeper "thunk!" tells you it is better steel.

Or so I am told.

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