30th September 2021, 04:35 PM | #1 |
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yemeni omani khanjar ...
Hello dear members,
I wanted to show you the omani ? khanjar I just bought, It was really nice with his presentation box and seemed not too recent, cf the 2 main pictures... not expensive but didn't cost nothing... I thought it was horn but it's not, really well imitated I find , transluscent of course, a kind of plastic, didn't smell plastic but didn't smell burned hair too... so it must be some kind of polymer... really recent tourist stuff ? the global structure-silver wires, embossment of scabbard parts seems not that bad but the fake coins make me think of really recent stuff so I'd like please your opinion biggest loser today I think... caveat... |
30th September 2021, 04:44 PM | #2 |
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Too small the last pictures in medium size...
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30th September 2021, 06:13 PM | #3 |
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Hello,
it is a recent Omani Khanjar but not especially made for tourists. Also the locals wear daggers like this. The metal mountings on the dagger are handcrafted and made of silver, the embroidery too. The handle is made of rhino imitate because as far as I know in Oman it is forbidden to use real rhino since the 1990s. The "coins" are made of silver, too and are simply decoration elements and no coin imitations. All in all a nice piece of Omani craftmanship, you don't have to be sad if the dagger didn't cost a fortune. Regards Robin |
30th September 2021, 06:16 PM | #4 |
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For addition: The belt has a plastic embroidery and a brass clasp.
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1st October 2021, 01:31 PM | #5 |
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I concur with what Robin said. Seen many similar ones in the souk of Muscat.
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2nd October 2021, 01:51 AM | #6 |
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At least silversmithing is not dead over there.
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2nd October 2021, 09:03 AM | #7 |
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Thank you gentlemen !
One knows ( now.. better than never ) even ( I think ) the picture who illustrates '' a khanjar'' on wikipedia shows this kind with fake hilt |
4th October 2021, 11:47 PM | #8 | |
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#108 of http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...khanjar&page=4 refers. Peter Hudson. Last edited by Peter Hudson; 5th October 2021 at 12:05 AM. |
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