The Omani Khanjar

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 15th July 2017, 03:27 PM

Perhaps a few atmospheric shots of Khanjars being worn...

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 28th August 2017, 06:27 PM

I have yet to post a Khanjar naming the different parts... Fortunately http://khanjar.om/Parts.html has done the hard work for which I commend his informative web site thus below is the named weapon parts diagram.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 9th September 2017, 01:58 PM

It is very easy to get carried away in an Omani Souk...Feast your eyes...!!!!

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 12th September 2017, 11:08 AM

A further group of excellent Omani Khanjars...

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 19th September 2017, 05:41 PM

A couple of pointers ...for interest. Many people ask me how to identify Rhino Hilts. The fact is its not easy but rhino looks like bunched spaghetti and can be better seen if a light is shone into the hilt from a powerful mobile fone torch ....The material is translucent and almost glows . Here is one of the best I have seen illustrated ...Rhino is excellent material for Khanjar hilts since it can take the myriad of tiny nail/pins without splitting. In fact one of the give aways on a Khanjar is the thousands of such silver pins hammered into the face and top of the hilt. To me it is as if the intentional pattern derives from the end view of Rhino hilts... the massing of fibres giving rise to this pattern reflects in my view to the design of pins hammered into the hilt.

Once again I draw the attention of readers to https://espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstre...pdf?sequence=2 which is a dissertation of huge importance to Omans cultural herritage.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 29th September 2017, 01:46 PM

For a few years now we are seeing complete formal matching sets of weapons for court purposes using the full combination of historical and correctly applied matching decoration... Note the belt which is a camerbund and the interesting hilts on the swords...Not everyones taste but very attractive ... Tomorrows antiques I suppose.

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 16th October 2017, 12:00 PM

The Omani Khanjar; Some unusual examples...

Please see Omani silver.com for a further angle on Omani Khanjars.

See http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17686 which shows a reasoned discussion on Walrus / Elephant Ivory.

15th July 2017, 03:27 PM	#1
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Perhaps a few atmospheric shots of Khanjars being worn... Attached Images

28th August 2017, 06:27 PM	#2
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	I have yet to post a Khanjar naming the different parts... Fortunately http://khanjar.om/Parts.html has done the hard work for which I commend his informative web site thus below is the named weapon parts diagram. Attached Images

9th September 2017, 01:58 PM	#3
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	It is very easy to get carried away in an Omani Souk...Feast your eyes...!!!! Attached Images

12th September 2017, 11:08 AM	#4
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	A further group of excellent Omani Khanjars... Attached Images

19th September 2017, 05:41 PM	#5
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	A couple of pointers ...for interest. Many people ask me how to identify Rhino Hilts. The fact is its not easy but rhino looks like bunched spaghetti and can be better seen if a light is shone into the hilt from a powerful mobile fone torch ....The material is translucent and almost glows . Here is one of the best I have seen illustrated ...Rhino is excellent material for Khanjar hilts since it can take the myriad of tiny nail/pins without splitting. In fact one of the give aways on a Khanjar is the thousands of such silver pins hammered into the face and top of the hilt. To me it is as if the intentional pattern derives from the end view of Rhino hilts... the massing of fibres giving rise to this pattern reflects in my view to the design of pins hammered into the hilt. Once again I draw the attention of readers to https://espace.curtin.edu.au/bitstre...pdf?sequence=2 which is a dissertation of huge importance to Omans cultural herritage. Attached Images

29th September 2017, 01:46 PM	#6
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	For a few years now we are seeing complete formal matching sets of weapons for court purposes using the full combination of historical and correctly applied matching decoration... Note the belt which is a camerbund and the interesting hilts on the swords...Not everyones taste but very attractive ... Tomorrows antiques I suppose. Attached Images

16th October 2017, 12:00 PM	#7
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	The Omani Khanjar; Some unusual examples... Please see Omani silver.com for a further angle on Omani Khanjars. See http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17686 which shows a reasoned discussion on Walrus / Elephant Ivory. Attached Images Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 16th October 2017 at 12:51 PM.