Silver thouma jambiya

[Marc M.]

One of my latest acquisitions, a thouma jambiya with a silver scabbard and belt with silver accessories. The quality of the silverware is quite good. I spent a few hours cleaning up the silver with a toothbrush and a very small amount of water and toothpaste and finished with a silver polishing cloth. Rewarding, much more detail became visible. The jambiya is again one of the hollow blade type and the quality is much lower than that of the scabbard. I wonder if they belong together even though the fit is good. Has traces of use but estimate 2nd half 20th century. Comments welcome.

Regards Marc