An intresting Pata sword
 

i will show you this ( i think) very intresting and i think very rare indian sword for disuss.
i never saw before these kind of gauntled sword with an yalihead.( by stone you could find an picture with an yalihead at the gauntled but there you couldn´t see the details.)
these sword was mounted with an eurorean blade. i´m not sure if it is solingen or maybe spain. i couldn´t read the signature. maybe someone know something more about the maker or could read the name at the oposite side you could read the year 1640 ( i think that it is the year and not an mystic number)
unfortunatly is the the gauntled not complete( the arms ring is missing) but the other parts are in an very good condition. now i´m courius about the opinions from the indian arms specialist in the forum.
best stefan

some more pictures

Hello,
really nice pata with an interesting old gauntlet !
the blade must be european, can you post a picture of the other side of the blade with the ''date''1640 ?

Interesting Pata. The short gauntlet indicates early age (circa 1600). Tanjore region. The blade seems Italian or German. 1640 is very plausible for the date. The Yalihead was ment to stop an opponents strike.
Congrats!
Peter

Why don't you try and get a more clear picture, Stefan ?

i do it a soon as possible....
just in time i fight with my picture programm...

here are 2 pictures from the inscriptions....
at one side i read ( as my opiniion) the latin letters C R A U A I H C.
at the oposite side are the letters before the numbers rubbed away...

I would guess certainly not a Spanish name, Stefan.
An excelent Pata, by the way :cool: .

hello fernando,
yes, thank you! i´m really happy about these sword. i will try to make some better pictures from the signature. it is the reason for me to collect this kind of arms, i will learn as much as possible from ever thing i found. I will not only buying a lot of things as an wall hanger or that i own many many swords...,
Studying these swords is just as important as owning these beautiful weapons.
have an nice day, stefan