Iron hilt of talwar and piso pedang

Mercenary · 25th February 2025, 01:45 PM

Colleagues, there is a problem of how to distinguish Indian iron talwar hilts with bowl-shaped pommels from similar hilts of piso pedang. Besides the size of the bowled-pommel itself there must be differences in manufacturing technology. Unfortunately, I do not have either of such items at hand.
What do you think, can the form of place where the pommel is attached to the grip serve as such a mark: an ellipse in the case of an Indian handle and a circle in the case of an Indonesian one?

Tim Simmons · 27th February 2025, 05:08 PM

I had one but with a Napoleonic blade.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=long+piso

Mercenary · 28th February 2025, 03:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tim Simmons

I had one but with a Napoleonic blade.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=long+piso

Tim, thanks a lot! I suppose this place has ellipse form like all (?) Indonesian bowl-shaped hilt.

25th February 2025, 01:45 PM	#1
Mercenary Member Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 425	Iron hilt of talwar and piso pedang Colleagues, there is a problem of how to distinguish Indian iron talwar hilts with bowl-shaped pommels from similar hilts of piso pedang. Besides the size of the bowled-pommel itself there must be differences in manufacturing technology. Unfortunately, I do not have either of such items at hand. What do you think, can the form of place where the pommel is attached to the grip serve as such a mark: an ellipse in the case of an Indian handle and a circle in the case of an Indonesian one? Attached Images

27th February 2025, 05:08 PM	#2
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,824	I had one but with a Napoleonic blade. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ight=long+piso