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20th June 2019, 06:11 PM
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Rhino is easy to spot as a powerful mobile fone light shows it up immediately. See below the reaction to light and what it looks like with no illumination.
 Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
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20th June 2019, 08:32 PM
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This "4 ringer" arranged on a Giraffe horn hilt (Zraff Hinde) actually African Giraffe. The silver pins applied in a parallel lines with two tramlines of pins running around the perimeter of the work and the lines quite uniform. Please see 302 for a similar set up.
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.
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20th July 2019, 07:54 PM
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This weapon offers a chance to look at some detective work on the construction … There are two possible locations ...Dhofar or Sharqiyya and the material which is Rhino likely taken from an earlier weapon as a rehilt job. There are old silver parts appearing to be suggesting turned down silver projections at the ears of the pommel but they are from an old Khanjar as miniature Terrs or shields usually over the end rings on the Khanjar. The silver is in the Omani fashion and is pure silver not mixed with copper...The blade is a replacement as is the brand new scabbard I will show later...
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22nd July 2019, 05:48 PM
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Heres the full Monty; Here's the full Monty; This weapon has had a total rebuild but is something of a train crash using parts of other weapons unrelated to each other thus the difficulty of placing it … despite a fully rebuilt, brand new, scabbard. It thus achieves the stamp "Runt" yet has a degree of charm about it. Who knows maybe someone will rebuild the weapon sympathetic to the original style whatever that was or is...
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22nd July 2019, 06:09 PM
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22nd July 2019, 06:15 PM
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1st August 2019, 09:10 AM
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A reminder of the African Giraffe head horn of the male of (the endangered)species. (A.K.A. Zraf Hindi translatable as Rhino/Giraffe of India) This hilt not of silver plate but of thousands of tiny individual hammered in silver nails giving a heavyweight feel to this hilt. It was my view that this pinning decoration mimicked the grain of Rhino Horn when viewed from the pommel end under sharp torchlight... This colour of giraffe horn is very light almost olive and can vary up to a dense dark brown shade...occasionally streaked through with light bands. Please see #318 above.
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6th September 2019, 05:34 PM
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Another Khanjar example...Khanjars are available in single double or triple combinations depending how much you want to spend and a vast choice of matched belts can be made ...Here are a few short belt selection which would be matched with a long belt …
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7th September 2019, 04:52 PM
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This is a first. I have never seen such a straight forward Omani Dhakiliyyah (Interior) new Khanjar. The architecture is superb, precise and exact for a working dagger. No decoration other than the basics...simple yet effective.. Everything right historically here … even a simple belt. Whoever made this weapon knows his Interior style.
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