Khanda For Comment

[Gavin Nugent]

A good looking sword Lew.

Nice to see the patterning in the guard too and the blade does show a good tight pattern.
The thinness of these blades is impressive, very strong and very sharp.

The examples I placed here;

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ighlight=hindu

The smaller one shares the same blade 'type'. Where mine is sharpened both sides, yours has a long support to the spine area. the example in the link, despite only having a central support, it is still very strong with good flex.

The larger one, well that is a totally different animal and although Elgood doesn't show an example in his work there is good information about these Khanda in the Hindu arms and ritual.

Gav