Thread: Yemen Jambiya?
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Old 22nd September 2009, 02:40 AM   #3
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Originally Posted by Steve
Hi Lew,
I'm glad you bought this piece and posted it for comment. I was also watching it on ebay. I agree with you, in that I don't think the hilt material is rhino. The mabsem doesn't show a lot of wear but the platted design certainly puts it into the bottom west corner of the arabian peninsula.
The silver looks pretty good quality?
Do you have any feeling on a closer geographic basis for where the dagger would have originated?
Steve
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here are a few other Yemeni examples for comparison.
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