Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2005, 03:31 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
31st August 2005, 02:51 AM
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Ethiopian?
Here is one that got away.
Looks Ethiopian with maybe a Rhino grig.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6555731569&rd=1&rd=1
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
26th August 2005, 09:55 PM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
20th August 2005, 02:14 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
14th August 2005, 02:35 PM
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Yemen, in the 1960's when the country first...
Yemen, in the 1960's when the country first opened up to Westerners, was a very impoverished society with no concept of tourism. The average pay for a laborer or servant working for the Americans was...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2005, 04:56 PM
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Jambiyas
I meant to post these with the previous reply.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2005, 04:51 PM
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Sibiki
I'm not positive but I presume a sibiki jambiya is similar to the wahhabite style of Saudi Arabia, longer and straighter, heavier with a sharper blade and is typically worn horizontally across the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th August 2005, 03:20 AM
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The Yemeni Jambiya
For those with an interest in Yemeni Jambias here are a couple of articles I came across.
The jambiah, a curved dagger, is the main customary accessory to the clothing worn by Yemeni men. For...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2005, 09:16 PM
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The blade on the Himyarite sword looked like a...
The blade on the Himyarite sword looked like a piece of drift wood it was so rusty and flakey so I'm not sure which the sharp edge was. I presume the remainder was silver given its good condition. ...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
30th June 2005, 03:44 AM
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Himyarite Sword
For those who are interested, I took this photo of a Himyarite sword from Yemen 2nd century BC at a show of Yemeni pre-islamic art at the Smithsonian. The hilt looks very much like rhino and the...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
27th June 2005, 03:15 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2005, 02:06 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
12th May 2005, 01:19 AM
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Mamluk
I see a similarity in the following pictures.
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2005, 01:41 PM
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After a little research on the web I see that...
After a little research on the web I see that there is a strong connection between Yemen and Buhkara.
"Mir-i-Arab Madrasa (1535) The Mir-i-Arab madrassah with the mosque Bukhara's main kosh...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2005, 04:14 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2005, 01:34 AM
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
11th May 2005, 01:19 AM
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Yemeni/Omani Sword
I received my Omani/Yemeni sword today. As you can see from the photo the hilt is very similar in shape and size to my silver sword. The blade is shorter and very crudely forged with lots of little...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2005, 07:23 PM
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Sell, Never!!!
No, I never wanted to sell the sword. I just was selling a bunch of marginal jambiyas and posted the other sword on ebay to attract attention to my "see sellers other items". This is the only really...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2005, 02:31 PM
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Not decorative
Even without seeing the actual sword I know this is not a decorative piece. I have seen similar work on Yemeni swords in the 1960's. This is most likley turn of the century
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
6th May 2005, 02:24 PM
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Omani/Yemeni Sword
Hi, I bought that sword on ebay and I own the sword shown on SFI. Now I have a collection started. I guess I will need to go back to Yemen or Oman to get more, though I understand they confiscate...
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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons
13th April 2005, 01:10 PM
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Amber jambiya
Is it possible this jambiya handle is agate and not amber? I have read that agate is used in Yemen these days. Amber is very light. When I lived in Yemen in the 60's the good Jambiyas were all Rhino...
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