Help please

ariel · 4th January 2007, 02:53 AM

Isn't it Khanjar instead of jambiya?
And, BTW, its scabbard is bizarre: so tastelessly ornate...

Rick · 4th January 2007, 03:31 AM

Isn't this form only known as Jambiya on the Arabian Peninsula; everywhere else it is called Kanjar?
This looks, to my uneducated eye like Indian work.
Anyone?

RhysMichael · 4th January 2007, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ariel

Isn't it Khanjar instead of jambiya?
And, BTW, its scabbard is bizarre: so tastelessly ornate...

Jambiya/Khanjar/Khanjarli/hancer, I have never been too clear on the division, Arzi calls some indian knives on his site Khanjar. I have also heard that only in Saudi is the term Jambiya used but I could be way off base on that. Again from memory and I could be way off. Isn't Jambiya an arab term and Khanjar farsi ?

ward · 4th January 2007, 03:59 AM

It is a kanjar and a kard. kanjar is a arabic word it means dagger. and yes jambiya's are from Saudi

Battara · 5th January 2007, 01:07 AM

Oh yeah.....I forgot.

4th January 2007, 03:59 AM	#4
ward Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 637	It is a kanjar and a kard. kanjar is a arabic word it means dagger. and yes jambiya's are from Saudi Last edited by ward; 4th January 2007 at 04:09 AM.

4th January 2007, 02:53 AM	#1
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Isn't it Khanjar instead of jambiya? And, BTW, its scabbard is bizarre: so tastelessly ornate...

4th January 2007, 03:31 AM	#2
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,376	Isn't this form only known as Jambiya on the Arabian Peninsula; everywhere else it is called Kanjar? This looks, to my uneducated eye like Indian work. Anyone?

5th January 2007, 01:07 AM	#5
Battara EAAF Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Louisville, KY Posts: 7,345	Oh yeah.....I forgot.