Interesting input, Michael
One often reads that blades made in two halves are tourist junk.
Also that rhino horn in the hilts is the real thing.
May i show ( again) my specimen, all in ( coin? ) silver, with an entire blade.
The silver work seems to have been made by Jew smiths, as it has a "concealed" mark supposedly in Temani ( Yemeny hebrew ).
I have read somewhere that Jew smiths were the best for the silver work, but they were not allowed to make blades.
I ignore the real age of this piece, but i guess (hope) it is XIX century.
Sorry to have hijacked your thread, David.
Fernando
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