Item Description
Original Item: Only One Available. Janbiya, also spelled janbia, jambiya, and jambia (Arabic: جنبية janbīyah), is the Arabic term for dagger, but it is generally used to describe a specific type of dagger with a short curved blade. The term janbiya is used in various Arab countries and India, it is closely associated with the people of Yemen and is prevalent among Muslim men in the Horn of Africa (primarily the Afars of Djibouti).
This typical Arab Jambya fighting dagger, circa 1890, most probably came from French North Africa. The blade is curved and somewhat double edged, the hilt is carved wood with a semi circular embossed brass mount to top, which is decorated to match the the grip ferrule and scabbard. The blade is just over 10" in length, and the overall length is almost 17". The Jambiya is contained in its original embossed brass wood scabbard, covered again in all sorts of matched embossed and engraved decorations and fitted with one of its original two suspension rings still in place.
A complete sleeper, right out of the attic, an original Arab defense dagger!
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