Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 GTRexclude A blackened iron cross pattée

A blackened iron cross pattée

5 mm (h) inclusive of its clasp

but when our supply did arrive we threw three for every one of theirs and they soon tired

35 mm x 122 mm and 35 mm x 127 mm)

Yemen, Ottoman Protectorate. An Ornate Jambiya, C.1900 GTRexclude A blackened iron cross pattéeThis jambiya has a 370 mm long double edged steel blade, magnetic, with sharpened edges and having a very sharp tip. The blade has a raised fuller and is embedded into a handle fabricated from a 120 mm long piece of wood with a dark brown finish. The wooden handle displays a unique design, decorated in six bands in silver that are affixed at various locations, each of which bears an ornate design: one is wrapped the handle and forms the crossguard,