31st December 2017, 01:30 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: May 2014
Location: Ireland
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Firangi, khanda what do I call it?
Hi
Just picked up the attached sword in my local antique shop. It was quiet rusted when I got it but cleaned up well Nice sword in just the condition I like it with lots of age shown there are some star stamps on the blade but the pictures did not come out great. There is also a small hole in the fuller where I presume a nail once mounted the sword in an old collection, Blade length of 80 cm Found some evidence of previous gold leaf on the handle which was nice to find What I found interesting is the damage on the guard, took a lot of energy to do this, i was going to straighten it out but then I noticed the guard is made of two layers which you can hopefully see in the photo. I would have imagined that the guard would all be made from the one sheet interesting that they took the time to laminate it. Would anyone hazard a guess on the age of this sword? And would yo go Firangi or khanda Many thanks and a happy new year to all. Regards Ken |
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