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kronckew
18th September 2023, 11:18 PM
Just acquired this plain jambiyah, 28cm. Double-edged blade, tooled leather sheath, plain brass throat. Rather roughly made blade, grip material unknown, some carving. May have a pommel keeper plate. Should arrive soon. Will update as needed.
Any ideas on it's origin, etc. welcome. Listed on auction as 'African'. :confused: Arab influence?
TVV
18th September 2023, 11:54 PM
The seller was correct in describing it as African. The pattern on the scabbard looks familiar but I cannot remember where I have seen it before. My guess is Beja, as some of their daggers had similar hilts and blades and the leatherwork looks Eastern African.
kronckew
19th September 2023, 07:03 AM
Thanks, TVV.:)
Martin Lubojacky
19th September 2023, 02:33 PM
Beja is a good idea (or something from around...)
kronckew
20th September 2023, 04:36 PM
I had some suspicions it might be; I have also recently acquired this one, sans scabbard, tho. A more hooky one. (ruler is in inches)
saw other bejas of assorted blade types in Google images. This one has a rather curved basilard look to the grip. The googly ones had very similar scabbards to my one in post #1.
Martin Lubojacky
21st September 2023, 06:10 PM
types of Beja/Hadendoa daggers....
kronckew
22nd September 2023, 07:50 PM
Thanks for the pics, Martin.
I've even seem a few straight ones online!
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