Enfield made Afghani Pulwar

Ibrahiim al Balooshi · 22nd September 2016, 06:27 AM

Great information Jim, We had a real go at Mashin Khana where at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21677 it can be seen in the sketch of one of the Kabul works the write up in miniscule print under says Martini Henry and solid brass drawn cartridges were made there... Mashin Khana was an attempt to finance a state industrial revolution...it failed! They also made Bayonets and such was the fervour to replicate foreign weapons that they scooped up other items of war including their own long daggers and stamped them for good measure... Indeed stamping everything with the Mashin Khana stamp seemed to a sort of sport... to the very detriment of skilled artesans who were sucked into the system thereby forgetting their age old crafts in favour of mechanical automation and the dreaded Mashin Khana. Bayonets for MH were turned out though quality was suspect ..See the bayonets at reference also.

I am checking for other weapons made there also...and I see at https://www.google.com/search?q=mash...utf-8&oe=utf-8 pictures of rifles and stamps often with the Kabul Jangalak factory but no Enfield marks...just MH. We are all aware of the home made versions made in Afghanistan with all sorts of spelling mistakes but I cannot find Enfields having been made in the Mashin Khana. factories..

Regarding Enfield Sword Blades please see http://antiqueswordsforsale.com/brit...t-issue-marks/ for some of the marks applied throughout the 19th C.

fernando · 22nd September 2016, 11:57 AM

Interesting pulwar, Marcus

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Perhaps this topic is best placed in the Ethnographic section

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Marcus · 22nd September 2016, 12:03 PM

I posted in Europeanin the hopes that a member of that forum might recognize the blade type and identify the original sword.

fernando · 22nd September 2016, 12:08 PM

Let's place it in both sections, then

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Will M · 14th October 2016, 06:15 AM

The blade by Enfield would originally have been a 1821 pattern light or heavy cavalry troopers sword. The latest dates on 1821p Enfield swords I've seen is 1848. These blades are 35 1/2" or so.
The name Enfield is followed by the date on the blade spine, on this sword it is obscured.

22nd September 2016, 06:27 AM	#1
Ibrahiim al Balooshi Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Buraimi Oman, on the border with the UAE Posts: 4,408	Great information Jim, We had a real go at Mashin Khana where at http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21677 it can be seen in the sketch of one of the Kabul works the write up in miniscule print under says Martini Henry and solid brass drawn cartridges were made there... Mashin Khana was an attempt to finance a state industrial revolution...it failed! They also made Bayonets and such was the fervour to replicate foreign weapons that they scooped up other items of war including their own long daggers and stamped them for good measure... Indeed stamping everything with the Mashin Khana stamp seemed to a sort of sport... to the very detriment of skilled artesans who were sucked into the system thereby forgetting their age old crafts in favour of mechanical automation and the dreaded Mashin Khana. Bayonets for MH were turned out though quality was suspect ..See the bayonets at reference also. I am checking for other weapons made there also...and I see at https://www.google.com/search?q=mash...utf-8&oe=utf-8 pictures of rifles and stamps often with the Kabul Jangalak factory but no Enfield marks...just MH. We are all aware of the home made versions made in Afghanistan with all sorts of spelling mistakes but I cannot find Enfields having been made in the Mashin Khana. factories.. Regarding Enfield Sword Blades please see http://antiqueswordsforsale.com/brit...t-issue-marks/ for some of the marks applied throughout the 19th C. Attached Images

22nd September 2016, 12:03 PM	#3
Marcus Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 420	section I posted in Europeanin the hopes that a member of that forum might recognize the blade type and identify the original sword.

22nd September 2016, 11:57 AM	#2
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Interesting pulwar, Marcus . Perhaps this topic is best placed in the Ethnographic section .

22nd September 2016, 12:08 PM	#4
fernando (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Portugal Posts: 9,694	Let's place it in both sections, then .

14th October 2016, 06:15 AM	#5
Will M Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: In the wee woods north of Napanee Ontario Posts: 394	The blade by Enfield would originally have been a 1821 pattern light or heavy cavalry troopers sword. The latest dates on 1821p Enfield swords I've seen is 1848. These blades are 35 1/2" or so. The name Enfield is followed by the date on the blade spine, on this sword it is obscured.