tulwar Disk guard
 

Has anyone seen a tulwar with disk guard how common is it, cant find any thing similar?
thanks ed

This is my one. For what I know is quite common to find tulwar with guard.
Paolo

Welcome to the forum :).
I can not come closer that to say, that hand guard - not ending in a flower bus or an animal head is rather unusual. To this comes, that the plate hand guard it seen but not common.
Jens

Paolo thanks for the pics

Jens thanks again I have seen the knucle guard not ending in a flower bud or animal head but not in combination the the disk guard .I think it maybe somewhat early and probably made with other silmilar swords in a remote region of india.I also think it may be a transitional sword from full guard to half gaurd to no guard.Any way i dont think the sword holds any great value.


thanks ed

Very nice.

A finger guard is not a very common feature, although not super rare in tulwars. As pointed out by Edward F, it is a transitional feature indicative of a switch from a full basket hilt of a khanda to a more modern tulwar hilt. Sometimes tulwars are found with a single guard on one side and sometimes it is found on both sides of the hilt. Also, there had been a common practice dating probably to sometime in the 19th century of removing finger guards, which leaves behind a noticeble groove in the hilt.

Here is a picture of an old sword from my collection (regredably no longer in my possession) that shows a trace of a removed finger guard: