Indian sword blades

Aqtai · 23rd August 2005, 08:23 PM

Up until now because of other commitments (wife, 2 children and mortgage) I've limited myself to books and browsing sites such as this one and have avoided collecting.

However I aquired my first piece of Ethnographic weaponry today, mainly because it was cheap!

It is a 19th century tulwar hilt (allegedly).

It fits my ungloved hand very nicely. I'm 5 foot 11 inches tall and weigh 15 stone.

BTW any advice as to how genuine this piece is and how to care for it would be much appreciated.

Jens Nordlunde · 23rd August 2005, 10:48 PM

Well, you see, we can all try a tulwar hilt, and some may it fit, while others have far too big hands, I think it must have been like that with the users, but I also think, that the users can have had smaller hands – or the hilts would have been made bigger. I think this discussion is interesting, but the start of this topic was on the blades, so maybe this should be taken to another topic.

23rd August 2005, 08:23 PM	#1
Aqtai Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Merseyside, UK Posts: 222	Up until now because of other commitments (wife, 2 children and mortgage) I've limited myself to books and browsing sites such as this one and have avoided collecting. However I aquired my first piece of Ethnographic weaponry today, mainly because it was cheap! It is a 19th century tulwar hilt (allegedly). It fits my ungloved hand very nicely. I'm 5 foot 11 inches tall and weigh 15 stone. BTW any advice as to how genuine this piece is and how to care for it would be much appreciated.

23rd August 2005, 10:48 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Well, you see, we can all try a tulwar hilt, and some may it fit, while others have far too big hands, I think it must have been like that with the users, but I also think, that the users can have had smaller hands – or the hilts would have been made bigger. I think this discussion is interesting, but the start of this topic was on the blades, so maybe this should be taken to another topic.