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Old 23rd January 2011, 12:12 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by celtan
You have four blades on your picture, two lying and two standing. The one standing on the left has a 90 deg angle on the scabbard, it is then a ...Saudi, Emirati, or Omani?
Omani bought in Sharjah UAE some 30 years ago ...

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Originally Posted by celtan
The one standing on the right has a 180 deg angle with a very high thum, making it Yemenite? I understand this high thum is characteristic of the gusbi jambiyas from Yemen's Hadramout Wadi?
yes, you 'r correct

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Originally Posted by celtan
The horizontal one on the left is, a persian Kahnjar? The right, an ottoman kard perhaps?
the first one, not exactly,
- Syrian/Iraqi (Kurdish) dagger (Baghdadi) with johar blade http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=8051
- Ottoman kard with johar blade http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...highlight=kard

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Originally Posted by celtan
So, all in all, what do you make of mine. Yemeni?
yes, a "Zabidi" dagger from Hadramout, very nice

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