Some photo from Yemen
 

Dear Communitry,

I'm a new forum member, briefly introduced myself http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10862

So last month I visited Yemen especially in order to meet local Jambiya traditions. So I want to share few pics at this forum

National Museum

http://i028.radikal.ru/0910/4d/3187dc747ada.jpg

http://i005.radikal.ru/0910/44/7771048597a9.jpg

Process of Jambiya making at the museum stand

http://s40.radikal.ru/i087/0910/2b/ae3b9d8f8679.jpg

And on the streets

http://i071.radikal.ru/0910/c7/1091c00d94c8.jpg

http://s58.radikal.ru/i162/0910/e9/1e2f01e72329.jpg

Jambiya market in Sana'a

http://i027.radikal.ru/0910/ea/db7e50ef01fc.jpg

http://i065.radikal.ru/0910/99/2bf5a0ceca1e.jpg

http://i012.radikal.ru/0910/a3/c990686dd05c.jpg

Thanks for the great photos. Were there any swords at the National Museum?

Great photos - very interesting...

There was not so many swords in the National Museum, still I took some pictures

http://i016.radikal.ru/0910/70/e2da1abab24a.jpg

http://i012.radikal.ru/0910/27/58bb18d57d9a.jpg

http://s43.radikal.ru/i099/0910/e7/97c3e57b1573.jpg

http://s42.radikal.ru/i095/0910/3b/cc259d4f3a65.jpg

There were some really nice turkish swords in other hall, but the museum staff didn't like me taking pictures there for some reason so I had to retreat :(

But I took a few shots in the Military Museum as well - cameras were allowed there

Pre-Islamic...

http://s45.radikal.ru/i108/0910/9c/2ef4a02d3c28.jpg

And later periods

http://i044.radikal.ru/0910/1a/4d92c22839ac.jpg

http://s61.radikal.ru/i171/0910/7c/b78da56eacdc.jpg

http://s59.radikal.ru/i166/0910/81/9d165cf58a92.jpg

http://i004.radikal.ru/0910/30/fef6c8328048.jpg

http://s39.radikal.ru/i084/0910/65/ecec9c710a9c.jpg

http://i067.radikal.ru/0910/62/6e24fe7e9cd3.jpg

http://s41.radikal.ru/i093/0910/e5/a5dd1cea0df9.jpg

Some more Jambiya of 19-20 centuries

http://s45.radikal.ru/i107/0910/8b/fdb1acb85cff.jpg

http://s59.radikal.ru/i165/0910/02/71798f7de670.jpg

http://i040.radikal.ru/0910/3d/9d87adb861ec.jpg

http://s53.radikal.ru/i142/0910/54/1840eb4c574a.jpg

http://s39.radikal.ru/i086/0910/b5/8af729861647.jpg

http://i062.radikal.ru/0910/e9/46b79eb5ab3a.jpg

And this Jambiya was a present from some Saudi official, it has Saudi coat of arms

http://s44.radikal.ru/i103/0910/a4/4de2fa81eaa7.jpg

Museum visitors.

http://i037.radikal.ru/0910/23/2441e424050d.jpg

Thanks for the additional pictures. The sword on the left in this picture was what I was hoping to see. I notice that the spiral silver strip seen on newly made yemeni swords is on a lot of these. Great suff!

Great photos, thanks for posting!

Very nice!!! Thank you so much for sharing. Love those broad swords with deep fullers, as well as the variety of really nice modern jambiyas available in the market - my kind of shopping paradise!

Very nice photos thanks for sharing...very interesting to see photos.

From for you (Мусаши), I too have bought yemen jambiya.
Very good a photo session. :)

this one:

Thank's for sharing!

Podong ?
 

Hi

Is that a Podong I see in the 2nd photo of the Military Museum ?

Roy

Indeed. Good eye. :cool:

http://i044.radikal.ru/0910/1a/4d92c22839ac.jpg

There are many Yemenis who traded and traveled to SE Asia and Indonesia.

Musashi, welcome!
Ariel