Is this a Janwi?

tom hyle · 7th August 2011, 01:15 PM

These blades are also commonly seen in (eastern) jambiya type hilts, and commonly attributed to Zanzibar

mrwizard · 11th August 2011, 05:19 PM

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the pointers!
It took a while, but i finally discovered a picture of such a weapon in this old archived thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000867.html

Best Regards,
Thilo

TVV · 11th August 2011, 06:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrwizard

Hi Tom,

Thanks for the pointers!
It took a while, but i finally discovered a picture of such a weapon in this old archived thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000867.html

Best Regards,
Thilo

Thilo,
If you search the forum on sboula, you will find plenty of other examples of what is a Maghrebi weapon, wrongly attributed to Zanzibar in the past.
Regards,
Teodor

11th August 2011, 05:19 PM	#2
mrwizard Member Join Date: May 2010 Location: Dortmund, Germany Posts: 102	Hi Tom, Thanks for the pointers! It took a while, but i finally discovered a picture of such a weapon in this old archived thread: http://www.vikingsword.com/ubb/Forum1/HTML/000867.html Best Regards, Thilo Attached Images

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tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	These blades are also commonly seen in (eastern) jambiya type hilts, and commonly attributed to Zanzibar