filled wholes on indian sword blades

dralin23 · 10th September 2008, 09:31 PM

hi all,
can someone tell me something more over the reason from gild ore brass filled wholes at indian swords. at my last khanda sword i found such an filled whole and today i looked at the web site from oriental arms and there is also an khanda with exactly the same sign.( you can see also such brass dots at the cover from eggertons book at an khandablade) i know there are in the past time some discussions over the reson from wholes in the blade if it is an talismanic sign ore an indicat for the quality from the blade. there are also the opinion if it is only an filled ( nail) whole. i don´t believe that it is an whole from an nail what was only fille dwith brass ore an other soft metall. i hope some one from the forum members know more over these things.

10th September 2008, 09:31 PM	#1
dralin23 Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 194	filled wholes on indian sword blades hi all, can someone tell me something more over the reason from gild ore brass filled wholes at indian swords. at my last khanda sword i found such an filled whole and today i looked at the web site from oriental arms and there is also an khanda with exactly the same sign.( you can see also such brass dots at the cover from eggertons book at an khandablade) i know there are in the past time some discussions over the reson from wholes in the blade if it is an talismanic sign ore an indicat for the quality from the blade. there are also the opinion if it is only an filled ( nail) whole. i don´t believe that it is an whole from an nail what was only fille dwith brass ore an other soft metall. i hope some one from the forum members know more over these things. Attached Images