Antique Hijazi Circa 1700s Arab Khanjar Moroccan Omani Jambiya Khanjar Dagger

ANTIQUE LATE 18TH CENTURY - MID 19th CENTURY OTTOAM TURKISH. OMANI JAMBIYA KHANJAR DAGGER WITH THE TRADITIONAL ORIGINAL SERPENTINE HAND WOVEN LEATHER BRASS BUCKLED STRAP. THIS PIECE IS SO OLD THE STRAP IS PERMANENTLY HELD IN A WRAPPED POSITION AROUND THE SCABBARD.

THIS JAMBIYA WAHHABITE HAS A METAL INLAID DECORATED HANDEL AND SQUARE SHANK SOLID BRASS TACKED LEATHER COVERED WOOD AND METAL SCABBARD! THIS IS A HUGE OVERSIZED ANTIQUE EXAMPLE. THE BLADE ALONE MEASURES 14.5 INCHES LONG BY 2.5 INCHES WIDE. THE OVER ALL MEASUREMENTS, WHEN THE DAGGER IS IN THE SHEATH; IS A WHOPPING 23 INCHES LONG BY 3.5 INCHES WIDE! GUARANTEED AN AUTHENTIC COMPLETELY ORIGINAL PIECE THATS NEARLY 200 YEARS OLD!

IT FEATURES HAND HAMMERED DESIGNS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE EXQUISITE BLADE THATS IN NEAR PERFECT ANTIQUE CONDITION. ITS AN OLD, OLD, OLD; EXTREMELY OLD YEMENI JAMBIYA HADRAMAUT GUSBI. RARE AND UNUSUAL PIECE FROM MY GRANDFATHER'S AUTHENTIC TRIBAL ANTIQUE WEAPONS ART COLLECTION. HE WORKED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA, SOUTH AMERICA, AND AMERICA'S SOUTH WEST IN THE 30'S.

HE TRAVELED THROUGH OUT ASIA TO BURMA, INDONESIA, THE PHILIPPINES, AND MEXICO WITH A NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE PHOTOGRAPHER. HE COLLECTED THIS PIECE DURING HIS TRAVELS. IT HAS A COLLECTION CATALOGUE NUMBER THAT READS: 570A ON THE BACK. I LOVE THIS PIECE AND I WOULD KEEP IT IF I DID NOT NEED TO RAISE CASH TO PAY PAST DUE BILLS.

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This item is in the category "Antiques\Asian Antiques\Middle East". The seller is "visualstudies" and is located in San Francisco, California. This item can be shipped to North, South, or Latin America, to all countries in Europe, to all countries in continental Asia, to Australia.