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Originally Posted by Bob A
While it's a nice enough dagger, I doubt it made any inroads into the Arab marketplace.
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Do you mean that you do not believe this dagger ever made it to Southern Arabia, or are you implying that there would have been no market for it there? It is hard for me to comment on the former, since I have no way of knowing this daggers exact history, but on the latter, Elgood in "Arms and Armor of Arabia" states that Sheffield blades in particular were valued and prized in Arabia, and a source of considerable pride for their owners.