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Re:The Arab Dagger by blincoln on Sunday August 27, 2023 @01:31PM (#37284812)
Many of the scabbards in the article are so curved that it would be impossible to pull a blade of the same shape out of them. I'm sure that's what arthem was referring to.
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Re:The Arab Dagger by arthem on Sunday August 27, 2023 @10:45PM (#37289105)
With the daggers that I have seen and handled, the blade is curved but does not run the full length of the scabbard. It is not unusual for the blade of a L shaped scabbard to be cresent shaped[1], meaning that it is quite easy to pull the blade out.

[1] https://www.rct.uk/collection/62815/jambiya-dagger-and-scabb...

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