Throughout human history irrespective of religion race or culture jewelry has existed as an integral form of expression, wealth and social status. While the materials and techniques used to manufacture jewellery have in many ways evolved there are also a number of similarities with the very first forms of jewellery worn some 90,000 years ago. During this time bead necklaces constructed from shells were strung together with twine most likely as charms. Necklaces constructed from the same components are still available today. While new trends such as dangle earrings and promise rings dominate today's jewellery fashions, bracelets first worn in 4700BC during the reign of King Zer were constructed from gold and manufactured in a style widely available today.

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During recent years a new form of jewellery has evolved as a multi-million dollar industry, that is, imitation or costume jewellery. Costume jewellery (also called trinkets, fashion jewellery, junk jewellery, fake jewellery, or fallalery) is jewellery manufactured as ornamentation to complement a particular fashionable costume or garment. Costume jewellery came into being in the 1930s as a cheap, disposable accessory meant to be worn with a specific outfit. It was intended to be fashionable for a short period of time, outdate itself, and then be repurchased to fit with a new outfit or new fashion style. Its main use is in fashion, as opposed to "real" (fine) jewellery which may be regarded primarily as collectibles, keepsakes, or investments. Costume jewellery is made of less valuable materials including base metals, glass, plastic, and synthetic stones; in place of more valuable materials such as precious metals and gems.

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Personal Armor carries same importance and attachment to men as the ornaments and jewellery carries for women. In most of the Arab countries a Jambiya (or a dagger) is presented by a father to a son upon reaching a certain age. 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 that is worn on a belt. Although the term jambiya is also used in other Arab countries, it is mostly associated with people of Yemen. Men typically above the age of 14 wear it as an accessory to their clothing.   

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​In Oman a symbolic dagger is worn by men after puberty this is known as a "Khanjar". The khanjar (Arabic: خنجر‎) is the traditional dagger of Oman. It is similar to the Yemeni jambiya. The khanjar is curved and sharpened on both edges. It is carried in a sheath decorated in silver, on a belt similarly decorated in silver filigree. A khanjar appears on the flag of Oman, as part of the national emblem of Oman.

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​We at revaaj.net only deal with imitation or costume jewellery and personal armor for decoration uses not for causing injury.

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