A discussion of various dagger styles - webpage

[ddean]

http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/jambiya.html
Comparisons of half a dozen or so ethnic blades
Kukri included

Another page with kukri
"Four Tools for the Infantry"
http://www.angelfire.com/art/enchanter/fourtools.html

 

[ddean]

Anyone here know much about jambiyas?

Picked up one last weekend &
can't decide if it's pure tourist, or
whether it is a user of some sort.

I lean toward the latter due to the steelwork.
Need to check hardness tonight.

 

[Daniel Koster]

does the jambiya have any markings?

 

[ddean]

No markings
No decorations

But the thing is like a "saber-tooth tiger" tooth
that is all fullers.


Pic soon, I hope.

 

[ddean]

Pen - page display keeps hanging waiting for something
it is requesting from your server.

???

Looking up host name www.pendentive.biz...

 

[demon tessu]

pics?
jambiyas are a weird evolution in fighting knives
itshard to find a good jambiya knife fighter
yet easy to spot a bad one ( the scars up and down the forearm are a big clue )

 

[ddean]

pic
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[demon tessu]

looks to be a user

 

[Ferrous Wheel]

Well done, looks like a user, mist tourist Jambs are shinier than that, like they've been chromed. The edge will tell the story too. If it is sharp or close to it, its a user. Tourist models tend to be more gaudy.

Not an expert on this type of knife, but I can spot crap pretty quick these days. That don;t look like crap.

Keith