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Originally Posted by Devadatta
Hi Stu,
I maybe mistaken, but I think your third Omani khanjar is actually more typical for Saudi Arabia
That's a picture from flickr.com taken by a french photographer Eric Lafforgue
Also as I noticed those khanjars worn in Saudi usually have more curved scabbard than Omani ones, and mainly they are placed straight vertical, not with a slope to the left like Omanis...
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I see what you mean. Quite possibly the third one is of Saudi origin. I had not noticed that the scabbard tip had a more upward end to it. In more modern times the styles tended to "drift" somewhat as travel became easier on the Arabian Peninsula.