Kurdish OR Albanian Jambiya ???

Battara · 15th May 2006, 07:46 PM

I think Ariel is on the money all the way.

Aurangzeb · 16th May 2006, 02:50 AM

Hello All!

Whould this be worn thrust through a sash? Is there a difference between Iraqi Kurdish jambiyas and other Kurdish groups jambiyas?

Mark...

ariel · 16th May 2006, 05:19 AM

I have a similar one, with a scabbard: no rings at all Must have been stuck under the sash...

Oriental-Arms · 16th May 2006, 05:03 PM

The more such items I have, the less confident I am regarding identification by handle shape. We use to attribute the ones with the diagonal cut cross guard and pommel (#1) to Albania and the one with the straight cut (#4) to Kurdistan, but unfortunately ALL variation are found all over the place. The photo below show some of the variations:

1. West Balkan
2. Central Turkey
3, 4. East Turkey
5. Northern Iraq.

However this is far from being an accurate attribution. Handle shapes and blade shapes from all the area are mixed all around.

With regard to the way these daggers were carried, I trust the photo below is better than thousands words (National Geographic 1938).

16th May 2006, 02:50 AM	#2
Aurangzeb Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 306	Hello All! Whould this be worn thrust through a sash? Is there a difference between Iraqi Kurdish jambiyas and other Kurdish groups jambiyas? Mark... Last edited by Aurangzeb; 16th May 2006 at 03:06 AM.

15th May 2006, 07:46 PM	#1
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,272	I think Ariel is on the money all the way.

16th May 2006, 05:19 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	I have a similar one, with a scabbard: no rings at all Must have been stuck under the sash...

16th May 2006, 05:03 PM	#4
Oriental-Arms Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Haifa, Israel Posts: 183	Albanian, Turkish, Kurds, Iraqi daggers The more such items I have, the less confident I am regarding identification by handle shape. We use to attribute the ones with the diagonal cut cross guard and pommel (#1) to Albania and the one with the straight cut (#4) to Kurdistan, but unfortunately ALL variation are found all over the place. The photo below show some of the variations: 1. West Balkan 2. Central Turkey 3, 4. East Turkey 5. Northern Iraq. However this is far from being an accurate attribution. Handle shapes and blade shapes from all the area are mixed all around. With regard to the way these daggers were carried, I trust the photo below is better than thousands words (National Geographic 1938).