Arab Jambiya, 8 ¾ in recurved double edged steel blade
handel is white metal covered w/ ornamentation and inset small coloured "jewels" (some missing), scabbard is deeply curved similarly clad in white metal w/ coloured "jewels (some missing). no marks, of modern mid 20th Century manufacture. As sold in bazaars across the Mid East. Note that blades for these are made from automobile leaf springs, so are very good steel. $150.