Jambiya ...as old as it looked ?

Battara · 16th September 2008, 03:26 AM

I was thinking that the knife itself is Arab and the scabbard was North African, mated to each other later.

Dom · 16th September 2008, 01:40 PM

nothing to see with a whatever North-African production
the knife and the scabbard are arab, and more precisely Yemeni

à +

Dom

Michael Blalock · 19th September 2008, 04:24 AM

This type of hilt is from the eastern part of the country in what was part of the Aden protectorate, along the coast, near Oman. The sheetmetal blades should not be totaly disregarded as tourist pieces, just budget jambiyas for the common south arabian. Your average Yemeni could barely afford a bit of food until the 1970's, yet they all sported a jambiya.

16th September 2008, 03:26 AM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,219	I was thinking that the knife itself is Arab and the scabbard was North African, mated to each other later.

16th September 2008, 01:40 PM	#2
Dom Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Paris (FR*) Cairo (EG) Posts: 1,142	nothing to see with a whatever North-African production the knife and the scabbard are arab, and more precisely Yemeni à + Dom

19th September 2008, 04:24 AM	#3
Michael Blalock Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: dc Posts: 271	This type of hilt is from the eastern part of the country in what was part of the Aden protectorate, along the coast, near Oman. The sheetmetal blades should not be totaly disregarded as tourist pieces, just budget jambiyas for the common south arabian. Your average Yemeni could barely afford a bit of food until the 1970's, yet they all sported a jambiya.