Up for sale is this good Jambiya dagger coming from India. The curved blade is forged from fine pattern welded (Damascus) steel. It is 9 inches long with slightly swollen tip for armor piercing. The handle is steel beautifully decorated with gold koftgari work. Wood scabbard covered with dark brown leather and mounted with a pierced silver tip. Very good condition. Very minor losses to the gold decoration. Similar daggers were very common in the 18 and 19 C. This one is probably early 19 C, with the scabbard and silver tip later, probably mid 20 C.