Tulwar inscription question 2

[Jens Nordlunde]

Thank you Rick.


The details shown are from two different tulwars. The square stamp is deep, so it must have been made then the blade was still warm, which could suggest a smith’s mark or maybe an armoury mark – but both suggestions are pure guessing.

The other detail, the ‘eyelashes’ with the three dots at each end could be a copy from European blades, a kind of ‘quality mark’, or they could mean something else, as they are used with the three dots, which are relatively often seen on Indian weapons, but not on European weapons, as far as I know. A funny thing is, that I can not recall to have seen the ‘eyelashes’ on dagger blades – can anyone else?