Hashemite (Jordanian) Bedlam

sre1 · Mar 31, 2021

My newest acquisition. I have two of them now.

And a group shot with my fixed-blade "Carnage", my sterling silver & ivory pendant (which I made, myself), and a pic of the Warrior King himself - Abdullah II, who was responsible for the development of the Bedlam model.

HJK · Mar 31, 2021

Awesome. Jordan's military though small was very highly regarded.
Nasty looking, by which I mean they are beautiful.

Babyboomer · Apr 2, 2021

I have to say, you have some very unusual and interesting knives in your collection. I still remember that beautiful AFCK you showed us a couple years ago.

Really fun to look at these — thanks!

Bigfattyt · Apr 2, 2021

Nice pair up there. Especially love the fixed blade and mini pendant to match.

Mister_Punchy · Apr 20, 2021

Incredible findings ! Do you have more information on how the King Abdullah II was involved in the development of this model ? Considering Jordan law on knives I assume you didn't get them in this country.

Silent H · Apr 20, 2021

Mister_Punchy said:
Do you have more information on how the King Abdullah II was involved in the development of this model ?

The Bedlam was originally designed for units in the Jordanian Military.

Mister_Punchy · Apr 21, 2021

Yes, they used the blade shape of the traditionnal Jambiya knife.

AntDog · Oct 3, 2021

I see how these differ from the stock version, but what’s the deal? What exactly are we looking at here? Very cool fixed blade as well.

mrfields · Oct 3, 2021

AntDog said:
I see how these differ from the stock version, but what’s the deal? What exactly are we looking at here? Very cool fixed blade as well.

the bedlam was originally designed & built by bm for the jordanian king and his royal guard. the production model for the public came later. & the carnage fixed blade sre1 did for himself. i think he did 2 different sizes but i’m not sure if i’m remembering that part correctly

AntDog · Oct 3, 2021

mrfields said:
the bedlam was originally designed & built by bm for the jordanian king and his royal guard. the production model for the public came later. & the carnage fixed blade sre1 did for himself. i think he did 2 different sizes but i’m not sure if i’m remembering that part correctly

Thank you for filling me in. I had no idea the ones they made for them were different from the production model. That’s very cool.

mrfields · Oct 3, 2021

yeah, i especially love the oversized (or maybe it’s just right…..) skull crusher on the jordanian version. looks so awesome