The next step is to fit the blade with a handle of wood. Nowadays, Abdulrahman makes daggers using iron cut from old car springs, which he heats in a fire, hammering and polishing for two days, until he achieves the right size and blade shape. ‘We both came here, in 2003, working for the Emirates Heritage Club, but eventually, my father returned to Yemen.’
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