Thank you Micheal for putting this Jambiya into a social context, I imagined that ...because of the knife's cultural significance, (I believed) that many would be passed down through the generations. The population 'explosion' that you mentioned would certainly explain the demand...and lack of 'heirloom' Jambiya's.
The bakerlite amber, which I am assuming is the material this Jambiya's hilt is made, is quite convincing, it has a 'grainy' structure with varying translucence and is not unattractive.
Regards David
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