Jambiya for opinion

Tim Simmons · 1st April 2005, 10:00 PM

Hello all, do not get me wrong.I would not bid on that one.The scabbard is far too fancy to start with,anything with cut straps is suspect,the leather was not used,the blade was not very nice,and when was anything worth having introduced with a "WOW" .Is that last bit because I live on the other side of the Atlantic?Tim

tom hyle · 2nd April 2005, 12:02 AM

The large sword ones like this do not usually have a midrib, if that's what you mean? They are of flattened diamond or lenticular cross-section. This does look like a recent piece. I have repeatedly heard of new jambiyas with hollow blades. I have never seen this. Comment? Report? Ordinary midribbed jambiya blades (the type I'd heard it in reference to before) are so thin to start with as to seem to leave no room for such a thing, except perhaps in the actual rib? Hollow blades are one of the many varieties of old European stage blades, and some old toys have been made this way.

ariel · 2nd April 2005, 02:30 AM

Tom,
I personally saw 2 or 3. Pretty embarrassing things.
You can quote me as an eyewitness.
And, BTW, I am not a "lucky"winner: having spent so much time with you, guys, taught me some important lessons. Many thanks to you all.
Not that I'll never be duped in the future....Won't we all?

1st April 2005, 10:00 PM	#1
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,925	Hello all, do not get me wrong.I would not bid on that one.The scabbard is far too fancy to start with,anything with cut straps is suspect,the leather was not used,the blade was not very nice,and when was anything worth having introduced with a "WOW" .Is that last bit because I live on the other side of the Atlantic?Tim

2nd April 2005, 12:02 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	The large sword ones like this do not usually have a midrib, if that's what you mean? They are of flattened diamond or lenticular cross-section. This does look like a recent piece. I have repeatedly heard of new jambiyas with hollow blades. I have never seen this. Comment? Report? Ordinary midribbed jambiya blades (the type I'd heard it in reference to before) are so thin to start with as to seem to leave no room for such a thing, except perhaps in the actual rib? Hollow blades are one of the many varieties of old European stage blades, and some old toys have been made this way.

2nd April 2005, 02:30 AM	#3
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Tom, I personally saw 2 or 3. Pretty embarrassing things. You can quote me as an eyewitness. And, BTW, I am not a "lucky"winner: having spent so much time with you, guys, taught me some important lessons. Many thanks to you all. Not that I'll never be duped in the future....Won't we all?