Afghani pulwar: old and ( perhaps) revealing

ariel · 24th December 2019, 08:02 PM

Jens,
Thanks for the examples!
Your first one ( brass) also seems to have been rather crudely cast; not as bad as mine, but still...
I just noticed another similarity between the two: the widened part of the grip is asymmetrically shifted toward the pommel. I looked at all my pulwars and all of them had it located in the midsection of the grip. Also, crenellated lower langets.
Was it a chancy coincidence, a “ signature” of a particular caster, or an early pattern ?
Curiousier and curiousier.....

24th December 2019, 08:02 PM	#10
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Jens, Thanks for the examples! Your first one ( brass) also seems to have been rather crudely cast; not as bad as mine, but still... I just noticed another similarity between the two: the widened part of the grip is asymmetrically shifted toward the pommel. I looked at all my pulwars and all of them had it located in the midsection of the grip. Also, crenellated lower langets. Was it a chancy coincidence, a “ signature” of a particular caster, or an early pattern ? Curiousier and curiousier..... Last edited by ariel; 24th December 2019 at 08:19 PM.