Oriental weapons from the Hermitage exposition

[ALEX]

Originally Posted by ALEX

Mercenary, thank you for sharing these pictures! Truly awesome!

Arsen, these split swords are rare, but there're quite a few. They are ceremonial swords, as you can see in THIS example. I handled another one, a Qajar split blade made of laddered wootz, with one half broken, and it is amazing how they forged two halves running almost parallel to each other.
Hopefully Richard Furrer will comment on such a feast.

Here is another zul-faqar sword. Late Qajar blade in Ottoman mounts, and similar in Higgins Collection HERE
Any comments on sword below?