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Jens Nordlunde · 26th February 2007, 01:10 PM

Hi Jim,

After the text was done, I tried to put the picture in, but it was too big, so I had to turn it, and forgot to change the text – sorry. The Bikaner katar is the one to the left, and it sounds like a tuning fork, for a long time, when hit on wood.

For those of you who have Elgood's book Hindu Arms and Armour, but have not read Appendix 1 yet, do it, as it is very interesting. It is a translation of a book dated 1570, and tells how a horoscope can be made, to see if a sword and the owner fit together, but it also tells about the smell and the color of the steel, and many other useful things.

Hi B.I,

Maybe the picture you describe, is from the Maharajah's weapon collection, as he doubt could have had a collection as well as an armory. As the ending of Kishangarh is garh, which means a fort, I am sure there must have been an armory, but a collection as well is very possible.

26th February 2007, 01:10 PM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Hi Jim, After the text was done, I tried to put the picture in, but it was too big, so I had to turn it, and forgot to change the text – sorry. The Bikaner katar is the one to the left, and it sounds like a tuning fork, for a long time, when hit on wood. For those of you who have Elgood's book Hindu Arms and Armour, but have not read Appendix 1 yet, do it, as it is very interesting. It is a translation of a book dated 1570, and tells how a horoscope can be made, to see if a sword and the owner fit together, but it also tells about the smell and the color of the steel, and many other useful things. Hi B.I, Maybe the picture you describe, is from the Maharajah's weapon collection, as he doubt could have had a collection as well as an armory. As the ending of Kishangarh is garh, which means a fort, I am sure there must have been an armory, but a collection as well is very possible.