Yemeni Knife for Comment and Translation Please

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Originally Posted by ariel

Thanks. Can you show the wood? The is a recent profusion of similar handles on e-bay: want to see the "aging"

Pic of internal handle shown below. The wood is not old IMHO and is attached to the blade with two metal pegs. The whole assembly is then inserted into the handle and held by friction only...no glue of any sort, at least in the one I have.
These knives are not that old I think, possibly mid to late 20th century, though they could well be modern made versions of earlier types. Steve Gracie's book Jambiya The Ancient Souks of Yemen shows a pic of a shop which has several of these displayed for sale. They are obviously still being made today, as are jambiya.