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Old 6th September 2009, 04:28 PM   #1
Norman McCormick
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Hi,
This is a really interesting subject, unfortunately I am not able to add any academic insight but here are a few photos of more hilts.
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Norman.
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Old 6th September 2009, 04:55 PM   #2
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Thank you Norman.

When I wrote that the hilts come in small, medium and large I did not mean the hilt sizes, but the grip widths, you can especially see this on the diamond shaped hilts. The hilt shown is from one of Hendley’s books and shows a slim version of the diamond shaped hilt. Notice that the quillons are not flat, but the langets are square.

I wonder where we lost Sabretask?

Sorry I should have added that Hendley writes this hilt is from Jodhpur.
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Old 6th September 2009, 05:09 PM   #3
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This one is the most interesting I have.
In addition to a very good wootz blade, it has a COPPER handle that still bears remnants of gilding. I am aware of Elgood's comments on the use of copper for handles, but would like to hear opinions on how frequent they were and the potential origin/age of this one. No markings anywhere.
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