Karabela, any thoughts, which century, origin?

[serdar]

Originally Posted by awdaniec666

Serdar hates me anyway because I always bring him bad news. But the comment is intended for other interested people anyway.

The blade comes from an Indian tulwar, as has already been suspected. The hilt is atypical, too chunky for a typical karabela. However, the individual parts look age-appropriate. In the best case, this is a Turkish production made from old parts, in the other case a Frankensword.

Save your spiteful replies, Serdar. I only come here every few months to see what's new anyway.

Awdaniec, why?
I wasnt one who was spitful on my polish saber post, for me that is over and past.
Can we be normal from now on?

I agree, as you saw up, i suspected it is indian indo-persian blade, i think it is 18/19 century made, i dont see signs of use, so i would say more 19 century, not used.
I dont think that it is newly put together, but after what i saw in past time, nothing is 100%.

But about hilt, one guy in my country, has a few examples of genuine 100% real polish karabelas whose origin is tracable so no tampering or faul business, and they also have a similar "chunky" hilts, not all but two does have similar hilts.