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kronckew 29th January 2015 08:50 PM

Balkan (?) Jambiyah
 
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picked this one up today, appears to be a wood grip. nicely ridged (both sides) very sharp steel blade.

37 cm. LOA, 22 cm. blade. no scabbard. peened tang.

spiral 29th January 2015 09:18 PM

I always think of these ones as Kurdish...

Kubur 29th January 2015 09:37 PM

Ohhh yes it is Kurdish (from Irak)
but the hilt seems to be in wood instead of the traditionnal black horn...

Battara 29th January 2015 11:44 PM

I have seen wood hilts on these Kurdish jambiya before. Check the blade to see if it is wootz by etching.

kronckew 30th January 2015 12:56 AM

my 1st comment to the vendor was that i thought it looked kurdish rather than balkan. my second thought was that i must etch it to see if it is wootz. which i did not comment to the vendor.there's a good chance it might be. :)

kronckew 10th February 2015 11:34 AM

it just arrived. nice wood grip. weighs 210 grams.

haven't etched it yet. no need. the wootz pattern is fairly obvious. :D

i'm a happy bunny!

now, have to find/make a scabbard for her.

kronckew 24th March 2015 06:03 PM

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oops, forgot to post new pics with it's new clothes kindly provided by David R.

David R 28th March 2015 09:07 PM

Nice to see it all put together!


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