Interesting Composite Dagger With Ethnographic Roots...Need Translation Help!

A.alnakkas · 4th October 2012, 06:17 PM

Hey Charles,

I seen this one before somewhere... Well its a nice item but dont think the blade is Arabic maybe Indonesian made in the style of Arabian jambiya/khanjar blade. Probably the scabbard and blade are from the same time but the hilt is the only replacement.

CharlesS · 4th October 2012, 06:36 PM

The Indonesians did make jambiyas in the Arabic style, normally with different fittings, and scabbards, but this compares quite favorably with my other Arab khanjars, more than my Indonesian example, especially the size.

I have wondered in the past if these blade styles were trade blades or home grown products.

4th October 2012, 06:17 PM	#1
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,340	Hey Charles, I seen this one before somewhere... Well its a nice item but dont think the blade is Arabic maybe Indonesian made in the style of Arabian jambiya/khanjar blade. Probably the scabbard and blade are from the same time but the hilt is the only replacement.

4th October 2012, 06:36 PM	#2
CharlesS Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greenville, NC Posts: 1,854	The Indonesians did make jambiyas in the Arabic style, normally with different fittings, and scabbards, but this compares quite favorably with my other Arab khanjars, more than my Indonesian example, especially the size. I have wondered in the past if these blade styles were trade blades or home grown products.