Saudi Khanjar for Comment

[Dave1104]

Picked this up in the early 90's in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. I was told it was circa 1950's. Camel bone handle and sheath. I have now treated it to stop the rust. The blade sits loose in the scabbard, but otherwise seems genuine. Comments, especially as to origin?

[kahnjar1]

A Moroccan Koumyya dagger by the look of it . The scabbard end is more upturned than usual.
Regards Stu

[Battara]

I agree totally - Moroccan koumiya.

[A.alnakkas]

Yerr, Moroccan. Lots of them show up around the gulf and some inexperienced sellers cannot tell the difference between them and daggers/knives of the area. Some are just plain dishonest :-)

[Dom]

Hi Dave
Moroccan koumiya with a nice and fancy look,
made recently for local tourist market :p
beautiful object for decoration, after some effort to give to the blade
an acceptable aspect ;)

best regards

à +

Dom

[Dave1104]

Thanks to all of you for your help on this. I guess it is my lesson learned.

Dave