Splendid silver Tulwar for translation and comments

Jim McDougall · 28th June 2025, 02:07 AM

You are a very gracious man Robin. We all hate to be bearers of bad tidings but want to honest. It is a beautifully made sword regardless, and many collectors are aesthetic oriented seeing the artistic merits rather than historic elements. In cases like this, a little of both as the interpretations are often based on traditional and historic values.

Interested Party · 28th June 2025, 05:57 PM

Great point everyone. Really good discussion of an interesting item. Noone has mentioned something I find really interesting. The snake's head is on the inside (medial) aspect of the handle as it is carried. I guess that would make it more comfortable in the hand and could still be seen carried as a saber at an angle, but, still, it's an interesting design aspect to me.

The northern Indian/Afghan ideas seems a good one. The Afghans liked their swords in the 20th century to my understanding. The pommel shape looks familiar, is it a Deccan, Vijayanagar reference?

28th June 2025, 02:07 AM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,502	You are a very gracious man Robin. We all hate to be bearers of bad tidings but want to honest. It is a beautifully made sword regardless, and many collectors are aesthetic oriented seeing the artistic merits rather than historic elements. In cases like this, a little of both as the interpretations are often based on traditional and historic values.

28th June 2025, 05:57 PM	#2
Interested Party Member Join Date: Dec 2019 Location: Eastern Sierra Posts: 506	Great point everyone. Really good discussion of an interesting item. Noone has mentioned something I find really interesting. The snake's head is on the inside (medial) aspect of the handle as it is carried. I guess that would make it more comfortable in the hand and could still be seen carried as a saber at an angle, but, still, it's an interesting design aspect to me. The northern Indian/Afghan ideas seems a good one. The Afghans liked their swords in the 20th century to my understanding. The pommel shape looks familiar, is it a Deccan, Vijayanagar reference?