Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Kurdish jambiya : disappointment, but learning opportunity

David R · 30th May 2021, 12:05 AM

I think you did OK for the money, old decent blade and scabbard with a tarted up soft wood hilt.
I would check the blade out in a small area for wootz or other patterned steel. Given current events in the area, we might not be seeing much from there in the future.

30th May 2021, 12:05 AM	#8
David R Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,053	I think you did OK for the money, old decent blade and scabbard with a tarted up soft wood hilt. I would check the blade out in a small area for wootz or other patterned steel. Given current events in the area, we might not be seeing much from there in the future.