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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th January 2020, 10:35 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
What is happening to humans an animals is beyond...

What is happening to humans an animals is beyond what most of us can believe - it is awful, and I do feel with anyone involved.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2020, 10:34 PM
Replies: 50
Views: 70,711
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
I dont know. But I am sure that working cherry...

I dont know. But I am sure that working cherry heated iren must have been quite hard - not that I have ever tried.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2020, 05:25 PM
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Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Yes cherry coloured steel would keep the pattern.

Yes cherry coloured steel would keep the pattern.
Forum: Ethnographic Miscellania 4th January 2020, 10:33 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 12,738
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Nail and nail - hmmm. My guess is that it is...

Nail and nail - hmmm. My guess is that it is Indian - but I must say that I am guessing.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd January 2020, 05:38 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,332
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Do you think the blade it wootz?

Do you think the blade it wootz?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st January 2020, 03:56 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 5,801
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Very well written Marius:-):-) I too wish you...

Very well written Marius:-):-)
I too wish you all a very happy New Year.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st December 2019, 10:28 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,652
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Ariel, thanks for your assistance, but do you...

Ariel, thanks for your assistance, but do you know in language it is written?
This could, maybe, point to a region. I think Rajasthan is correct, but it might help.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 29th December 2019, 05:38 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 9,652
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Is it possible that someone can translate what is...

Is it possible that someone can translate what is left of the text on TVV's katar?
Forum: European Armoury 28th December 2019, 10:40 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 17,037
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Ciomments speared the readers:-)

Ciomments speared the readers:-)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th December 2019, 04:54 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 31,371
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
The answer to how the Piso Podang hilt got spread...

The answer to how the Piso Podang hilt got spread to other countries may be found in Suvarnadvipa. Hindu Colonies of the Far East. By Dr. R.C.Majumdar. Cosmo Publications, India, 2004. Vol. I-II.
It...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th December 2019, 04:41 PM
Replies: 34
Views: 31,371
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
I am with Ariel. I dont think the cup disc has...

I am with Ariel. I dont think the cup disc has ever been closed.

Although it is a different hilt type see also my catalogue pp. 321-323 - picture attached.
From left to right, NW...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd December 2019, 03:49 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 6,771
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Thank you very much. The wish is returned to you,...

Thank you very much. The wish is returned to you, and all the members and their families.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 16th December 2019, 10:42 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 7,961
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Ariel and Battara are correct, anyone who can,...

Ariel and Battara are correct, anyone who can, and is willing to help with translations, and informations is a great help on a forum like this.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th December 2019, 05:39 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 18,867
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Thank you for showing the details. If it is...

Thank you for showing the details.
If it is from Bundi, two fish at the hilt base would make sence, as they, the former rulers of Delhi, were Hindu's, belonging to the Hara subclan of the Chauhans....
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2019, 04:34 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 18,867
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
If it is a tourist katar, then it is an old...

If it is a tourist katar, then it is an old tourist katar, and it could, maybe, be from Bundi.
You write that it is 43 cm, but how long is the blade?
A width between the side guards of 6.5 cm is...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th December 2019, 03:34 PM
Replies: 42
Views: 31,090
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
When it comes to markings, I just found a funny...

When it comes to markings, I just found a funny quote in Sultans of the South. MET, 2008. Swords in the Deccan in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries: Their Manufacture and the Influence of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th December 2019, 10:35 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 68,732
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Well, when you have to do with old weapons, you...

Well, when you have to do with old weapons, you will have to study how the different forms, like animals, were shown at the time - but it seems as if none of you did so, what a pity. However, I am...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th December 2019, 04:52 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 26,042
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Alex, I am looking forward to the conclusion of...

Alex, I am looking forward to the conclusion of your questions:-), and I find the thread very interesting.
Now that the thread has been expanded. I do have a Khanjar with a nilgai head on top of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th December 2019, 05:32 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 26,042
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Alex, Thank you for starting this interesting...

Alex,
Thank you for starting this interesting subject:-)
Unfortunately I cant show you any daggers with a stell hilt and a lions head, as I only have one with a jade hilt and a lions head, but...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th December 2019, 10:37 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 20,882
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Ok the language/inscription are important, but...

Ok the language/inscription are important, but have any one taken an interest in the decoration?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd December 2019, 07:26 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 20,882
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Now you are into a discussion where, few or any...

Now you are into a discussion where, few or any can follow you, so please tell us in which language it is, and from which area.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 3rd December 2019, 03:22 PM
Replies: 70
Views: 68,732
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
This might help you to find the peacocks.

This might help you to find the peacocks.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2019, 10:27 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 15,454
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Hello Cthulthu, Please post when you want to...

Hello Cthulthu,
Please post when you want to ask somethink - that is what the forum is for.
It is, however, with a forum like with the books, dont trust what have been written till you are...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 2nd December 2019, 04:41 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 20,882
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Yes Marius, I too would regard mine as a...

Yes Marius, I too would regard mine as a tulwar:-) - and maybe add, with an Indian blade.


Swords with a tulwar hilt are mostly/always called a tulwar, regardless if the blade is Persian,...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st December 2019, 04:49 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 20,882
Posted By Jens Nordlunde
Here is another one with a gurmukhi inscription....

Here is another one with a gurmukhi inscription. 18th to early 19th century, probably Lahore.
According to the name game, the sword Kharaghdari Singh shows is a tulwar with a shamshir blade.
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