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An indian khanda for comment.
This Indian khanda has a broad a heavy blade double-edged for its last third .The hilt decorated with silver niello flowers and foliage. Any comment on it will be welcome. Best Cerjak |
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Hello,
I am by no means a specialist of the field but this appears to be a purely decorative sword (as it seems the blade doesn't even have a consistent edge) and quite remotely connected (namely only by the overall the shape of the blade) to a real Khanda. Also appears quite crudely made so I'm rather supicious about it. ![]() |
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I don't think it's too unusual to have the carving on a piece look a little childish, but generally the edges of a weapon are in smooth, intentional-looking lines or curves. It definitely looks decorative to me. And I'd expect that the people of the time were fairly familiar with what good swords looked like, which for me points to more recent manufacture.
Are there images on both sides of the sword? If it's only one side, it pushes me more towards the idea that it's made to be wall-mounted art. (Though it's only the vaguest of nudges in that direction) However, with luck we'll have people much better informed than I render an opinion. |
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To me this is a decorative piece, and not very old.
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in the book Arms of the Paladines, page 67 is a thega with a similar worked blade. Udaipur late 19th. century , made for large parades with great pomp for lokal rulers and british officials. greetings iskender
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I agree with Jens, and to 'old timers' like he and I....19th century is indeed.....not very old
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Thank you for this information also could you post one scan from the p67 Best CERJAK |
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