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7th October 2019, 02:36 PM
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Much of the designs used in decorating Omani Khanjars are not recorded and in fact the techniques are mainly done with a hammer and a 6 inch nail thus students trying to observe a technique often cannot find research …
There isn't any\much except here at EAA and on the remarkable website at http://www.khanjar.om/Materials.html. Here are some further clues in Silver Omani Jewellery pieces … Please see https://britishmuseum.org/pdf/BMTRB_..._and_Meeks.pdf Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 7th October 2019 at 02:52 PM. |
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6th November 2019, 04:11 PM
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A. http://www.khanjar.om/Types.html I have been on the lookout for a certain style of Yemeni dagger which I knew was almost identical to a rarely seen omani variant from the Dhofar Region. Here it is and you may note the main giveaway is the belt...a simple leather style but in the case of the scabbard another hint to its origin using script hammered in near the top. The decorative silver almost birdlike winged structure decorates the top half of the scabbard. The hilt appears to be high density fibre of some sort..Reference A shows the Omani variant and under three different names usually Genoobi (Southern) is used for this style. A YEMENI DAGGER ON A YEMENI BELT IN OMAN. Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 6th November 2019 at 04:23 PM. |
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18th November 2019, 08:34 AM
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This one is quite remarkable for its superb balance in design and particularly the crown at the end of the scabbard and the decoration at the lower hilt and on the top part of the scabbard which are all matching in a beautiful scroll style with blackened pattern almost in the style of neillo.
my instinct says a dagger from the Interior...because of all the leather below the belt...The design on the lower scabbard is similar to human form amulets from Adam in the Dhakilliyya...The interior. |
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18th November 2019, 11:23 AM
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It may be remembered that the Royal Khanjar is formed by a Royal Hilt ...Not by the number of rings or the scabbard style but by the Hilt Form so what is this?
 It is a Royal Khanjar. (#327 SHOWS A SIMILAR SCABBARD WITH A LOT OF LEATHER SHOWING MARKING IT AS AN INTERIOR WEAPON... THE DHAKILLIYA) Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 18th November 2019 at 11:43 AM. |
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30th November 2019, 10:09 AM
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SEE THE VARIETY IN COLOUR ON THESE HILTS WHICH ARE AFRICAN GIRAFFE...
Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 30th November 2019 at 10:24 AM. |
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30th November 2019, 10:12 AM
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A Major breakthrough has been developed in reproduction hilts using horsehair ...virtually identical to a Rhino and I suspect very similar to Giraffe... please see the document covered by Mi, R., Shao, Z.Z. & Vollrath, F. Creating artificial Rhino Horns from Horse Hair. Sci Rep 9, 16233 (2019) doi:10.1038/s41598-019-52527-5 at
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-52527-5 Last edited by Ibrahiim al Balooshi; 30th November 2019 at 10:23 AM. |
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26th December 2019, 08:43 AM
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Occasionally I see designs that I seem to recognize but that I have never seen applied on khanjars ~ this is one of them and is both dramatic and well balanced ...but what is the Scabbard design from?
(The writing simply says this is already sold) |
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