Yemeni (?) Sword for ID and Comments

Kubur · 3rd January 2019, 10:10 AM

The hilt and scabbard are very yemeni to me.
BUT as said previously it might be some bedouin thing, Arabia or Sinai?
The recent nails are ugly, what about the other side of the hilt?
If i was you I will clean the hilt and the brass shape of the scabbard to check if they are the same style, then you'll know if it was rehilted recently or not.

TVV · 4th January 2019, 12:58 AM

Thank you for the additional responses. Yes, a rough, rural bedouin dress is a possibility. I believe the hilt, which is made of two parts soldered together and the scabbard chape are from the same alloy (possibly the same sheet of metal): I will try to take a better picture of them next to each other over the weekend. There could be a wooden core inside the hilt, hard to tell.

The rivets go through on both sides and, aesthetics aside, hold the blade to the hilt pretty well without any movement.

3rd January 2019, 10:10 AM	#1
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	The hilt and scabbard are very yemeni to me. BUT as said previously it might be some bedouin thing, Arabia or Sinai? The recent nails are ugly, what about the other side of the hilt? If i was you I will clean the hilt and the brass shape of the scabbard to check if they are the same style, then you'll know if it was rehilted recently or not.

4th January 2019, 12:58 AM	#2
TVV Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 1,664	Thank you for the additional responses. Yes, a rough, rural bedouin dress is a possibility. I believe the hilt, which is made of two parts soldered together and the scabbard chape are from the same alloy (possibly the same sheet of metal): I will try to take a better picture of them next to each other over the weekend. There could be a wooden core inside the hilt, hard to tell. The rivets go through on both sides and, aesthetics aside, hold the blade to the hilt pretty well without any movement.