A Straight Jambiya (childs?) Opinions Please!

A.alnakkas · 15th January 2012, 01:11 PM

Hello all,

I acquired this Jambiya off ebay, it was heavily rusty and I cleaned it the best I can. Cant find any good oil to use so ended up using mineral oil.. it makes little chips inside the scabbard stick on the blade so after the photo's I cleaned it off.

I'll try to get better pictures if needed.

Lew · 15th January 2012, 01:42 PM

Nice find there. I saw that one on eBay but did not want to take the chance due to rust on the blade. It seems you cleaned it up nice. I would say the age is around 1960?

Congrats

Lew

A.alnakkas · 15th January 2012, 02:30 PM

Hello Lew,

Yep I gambled abit with this one and it turned out to be a nice piece. The blade is surprisingly of great quality.

Not sure about the date, I think the blade could be older but am not sure.

kahnjar1 · 15th January 2012, 04:03 PM

Hi Lofty,
Nice straight bladed, aluminium hilted Yemen Jambiya. Here is the curved version for comparison.
I had Steve have a look at mine and in his opinion it is earlier than Lew suggests....maybe late 1930s to 1940s. You should be able to improve on the blade by soaking it in pineapple juice.
Regards Stu

15th January 2012, 01:11 PM	#1
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	A Straight Jambiya (childs?) Opinions Please! Hello all, I acquired this Jambiya off ebay, it was heavily rusty and I cleaned it the best I can. Cant find any good oil to use so ended up using mineral oil.. it makes little chips inside the scabbard stick on the blade so after the photo's I cleaned it off. I'll try to get better pictures if needed. Attached Images

15th January 2012, 04:03 PM	#4
kahnjar1 Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: CHRISTCHURCH NEW ZEALAND Posts: 2,739	Hi Lofty, Nice straight bladed, aluminium hilted Yemen Jambiya. Here is the curved version for comparison. I had Steve have a look at mine and in his opinion it is earlier than Lew suggests....maybe late 1930s to 1940s. You should be able to improve on the blade by soaking it in pineapple juice. Regards Stu Attached Images Last edited by kahnjar1; 16th January 2012 at 05:37 AM.

15th January 2012, 01:42 PM	#2
Lew (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: East Coast USA Posts: 3,191	Nice find there. I saw that one on eBay but did not want to take the chance due to rust on the blade. It seems you cleaned it up nice. I would say the age is around 1960? Congrats Lew

15th January 2012, 02:30 PM	#3
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	Hello Lew, Yep I gambled abit with this one and it turned out to be a nice piece. The blade is surprisingly of great quality. Not sure about the date, I think the blade could be older but am not sure.