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Old 10th October 2014, 11:45 AM   #1
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Can you tell me more about this Omani khanjar/jambiya?
Is it 1950ties? Earlier (1920) or later (1970)?
For me, it is really difficult to date these objects...
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You do not give measurements, but to me this looks to be small? The style of the hilt top does look quite right to me. It does not look old and my guess would be late 20th century.
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Old 11th October 2014, 10:15 AM   #3
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Thank you Stu, I haven't received yet.
Yes I'm afraid it's something from 1970...
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Old 12th October 2014, 01:55 PM   #4
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Hi friends,

Can you tell me more about this Omani khanjar/jambiya?
Is it 1950ties? Earlier (1920) or later (1970)?
For me, it is really difficult to date these objects...
Thanks

Regards,
Kubur

Salaams Kubur, Yes I can tell you lots about the item. First and foremost there is a lot written and pictured by me on Omani Khanjars. This should suffice from the research angle.

What you have here, however, is a purely tourist item not at all of any intrinsic value ...I think this example is probably an Indian item for the mass tourist market. The thin white metal strips and oversized miri bota (paisley pattern) shapes which are probably cheap white metal.. configured on a very cheap blade ~on a cow horn hilt are indicative of a less than well made ethnographic piece. This is an item made with shall we say.. a hot needle ..in tailoring terms..

In terms of lessons in what not to add to your collection... I think this is it...

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