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The downward cant of the hilt caught my eye as i'm one of those who find the straight hilts bother the back of my hand at the wrist on downward motions. This one is single edged very flexible with an extreme taper from 5/16s over a 1/4 inch at the hilt down to under a 1/16th of an inch at the tip. The blade has several edge nicks. The hilt disk is free to rotate and decorated by a circle of dots. I guess the pommel finial is a parrot there is a simple pin holding the dick on. Is this a hunting tulwar? oh , the disk has a flat area, like it was attached more recently.
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Additional data: Blade length 30.5 inches width at widest sharpened area 1 1/8 inch. Hilt space is across the top 3.5 inches, under side measurements 2 7/8s of an inch. Sword weighs 1.5 pounds. Balance point is 5 inches out on the blade flat. Would this type of blade shape used for hunting? Non armored combat? Are there others like this out there or was this one made to suit someones fighting style?
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Hey Archer,
Cool group, I like the curvey ones. I noticed (as probably alot did too) that the Indians way of sharpening is abit unforgiving on the blade.. I'd guess that this sword looked alot different when it was made. Give it an etch, I'd guess its potentially wootz. |
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Here is one of my tulwars, the blade changed shape on this one too due to sharpening... Its wootz.
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Hi Lotfy, Nice high contrast wootz on the blade. I believe that the punch marks are from Bikaner Armory. Nice catch was it an Arabian from Ardha? Steve
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Hey Steve,
Thank you. No this one was not in Arabia. When I said that there was Indian swords and blades used by Arabs, I ment real time use rather than ardha dance. This I built on 2 family heirlooms, 2 friends own their great grandfather's swords and both are Indian. One has the all steel shamshir like hilt (will try to find similar photos) and the other had hilt with a tiger head. They were used in a time that the swords were used for combat.. The most interesting part is that they werent rehilted. For the ardha dance, a badawi hilt or Persian style would be far more comfortable. |
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