"A Passion for Indian Arms" Book Review

ariel · 29th December 2017, 01:28 AM

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Originally Posted by Mercenary

Are there such "talismanic" on blades of daggers, sabres, on shields, armour or on something else except blades of khanda/patissa?

Here is an example: Indian tulwar with 2 plugs, one at each end of the blade.
One can wonder about the one close to the handle, but the one near the tip could not be used for a brace:-)

ariel · 29th December 2017, 01:38 AM

And another one: three plugs close to the tip

Likhari · 29th December 2017, 07:37 PM

Now we are talking Ariel !

Thanks for posting these examples. Braces were not used for curved tulwars unless they were the heavy Tegha type as shown in the attached example. The presence of a single hole at each end of the blade on post #60 is intriguing. Do they run through the blade to the other side ?

The holes in the tulwar in post #61 are quite common and do not run through the blade. We can speculate that they are decorative, aniconic , or just part of the fullering.

29th December 2017, 01:38 AM	#2
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	And another one: three plugs close to the tip Attached Images

29th December 2017, 07:37 PM	#3
Likhari Member Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: USA Posts: 34	Now we are talking Ariel ! Thanks for posting these examples. Braces were not used for curved tulwars unless they were the heavy Tegha type as shown in the attached example. The presence of a single hole at each end of the blade on post #60 is intriguing. Do they run through the blade to the other side ? The holes in the tulwar in post #61 are quite common and do not run through the blade. We can speculate that they are decorative, aniconic , or just part of the fullering. Attached Images