They are not khukuris but take a look. Pix.

Bill Martino

Bill Martino

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Here's a pix sent to me by my pal. The note on the back of the picture says, "Thought you might like to see the North African knives I picked up during the last year."

Now you see why my pal always wins best of show no matter where he goes. He has a most enviable collection.

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Absolutely incredible. Uncle Bill, any chance of getting some kind of schedule as to where and when the collection will be on display during the coming year? This fellow's collection would be worth going quite a distance to see.
 
Levine's Guide to Knives says they are koummyas from Morocco. Stone's Glossary of Arms & Armor shows this type of Moroccan knife under the name jambiya, along with very different looking knives from Arabia, the Balkans, India (which do look like khanjars), etc. I'd guess Levine's specific name is probably more correct.
 
I have a very similar collection that I got while I was in Marrakech. Some have very good scribing on them.

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My pal calls them Jambiyas so I guess that's what they are. I don't know what his show schedule is for 2000 but I'm sure he will be showing some of his stuff at several shows. I'll try to find out his schedule.

He also gives lectures and presentations at various functions. Very knowledgeable fellow in the knife world.

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Uncle Bill
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[This message has been edited by Bill Martino (edited 01-02-2000).]
 
Now we have three different names:
  • Koummya.
  • Khanjar.
  • Jambiya.[/list=a]My Qs are:
    1. Is it 3 different things or is it the same thing with three different names?
    2. If it is 3 different things, what are the differences?[/list=a]NEPAL HO!

      [This message has been edited by mohd (edited 01-03-2000).]
 
I think they are koummyas or jambiyas. However, the actual key is the handle design.
The jambiya's I've seen have a broader blade with the same design and supposedly used in a "whirling" (circular slashing presumably against multiple opponents).

The khanjar/khanjarli usually have a different profile. Then again, N. Africa and the Middle East are desert areas.

 
This type of blade ..it look like the Aladin's shoes whice is very popular in middle east long long time ago...

Just wonder how people judge Khukri....
 
The scabbard is carried in a sash rather than on a belt. Curved tip helps secure the scabbard on the draw. I have seen a great many pictures and films of (real) Arabs carrying a Jamibya this way.

Make sense?

--Mike L.


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[This message has been edited by Mike L. (edited 01-03-2000).]
 
I know that a Jambiya has a different style sheath and a wider blade. I have knives like the ones in the picture and need to know what they really are. Couldn't find them in any books so far, but I did get them in Morocco.

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I have two of this style knives from Morocco or at least that's what I was told.
Both of them have nice brass inlay and some faint forgeing marks in the form of fold lines and small shallow holes.
The also have a bit of nice file work on them.
One of them has had the scabbard repaired with some kind of plastc wood.I bought the other,longer,one with the scabbard broken off at the tip and about 6" back.
It seems to be a common ailment among this style blade.

Both of them also have nice chip carved handles.
They also have very small guards made from thin steel with a small ball on each end.I gave $10.00 each for them at different times just to have them.
These knives appear to have only the purpose of defense or offense.I can't really see any utility use for them.
I do believe they are true weapons and made primarily for that purpose.

I really don't have any idea of just how many knives I have.I know I don't have the extensive collection that some in the forums have,but it is a very mixed up jumble of different style blades.Some are good and some are POS's.
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I love them all.
Just because somethng is a POS doesn't necessarily mean it isn't worth anyting.Some of the old knockoffs of the Rogers and Sheffield knives are worh almost as much as the originals.

It kinda reminds me of the man who got caught making Silver Dollars in Montana one time, when I was a young boy.He got caught because he was putting more Silver in them than the US Gubbiment.
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I talked with my sis-in-law about me getting a Photopoint account and posting my collection.
Maybe one of these days I will get all my collection from out of the drawers and on display.
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