Finally Got a Bichwa

[CourseEight]

Hi --

Sorry for the delay in responding. I've received and cleaned the bichwa. Attached are photos. As you can see the handle is brass not bronze, but other than that I'm pretty pleased. The brass-handled one appears to have a patternwelded blade. The steel-handled one has a couple of stylized lions on the the handle, and is thickened at the point like some katar.

The most comfortable way to hold them seems to be with the hand through the loop as in the picture. With it in that position its pretty hard to drop, even with the palm open, and an arch of the arm would make an upward-thrusting attack.

I appreciate everyone's observations thus far!

--Radleigh