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Old 6th August 2011, 04:50 PM   #1
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Default Is this a Janwi?

A few weeks ago i bought this in a bundle with two aceh swords.
However, this one is clearly not from SEA
It looks a lot like a koumiyya from north africa with a very long straight blade.
Blade length is 42cm and overall length is 56cm -- almost a short sword.

From what i recall these things are called "janwi" but i didn't find much information about them, except that a lot of them were made from european bayonet-blades. So i thought, i better ask here

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Old 6th August 2011, 04:58 PM   #2
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Yes, classic example of a janwi or genoui, and quite a nice example at that! Too bad there is no scabbbard; the scabbards are often very attractive.

I am assuming from the pics that the hilt is wood and not rhino?

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Old 6th August 2011, 05:47 PM   #3
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Hi Charles,

Thank you!
A search for "genoui" leads to a lot more information than a search for "janwi".

Yes, a shame that the scabbard is lost but on the other hand the
blade looks nice enough to make up for it.

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I am assuming from the pics that the hilt is wood and not rhino?
Yes, it is definitely wood, though i don't know what kind of wood.
And i also forgot to add: There is no makers mark and the steel does not appear to be wootz.

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Old 7th August 2011, 01:15 PM   #4
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These blades are also commonly seen in (eastern) jambiya type hilts, and commonly attributed to Zanzibar
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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

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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

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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.
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