Go on..... show us your Sumara

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Athanase

Hello, here is my first Sumara :

Hello Séverin,

I think it's a penai! But a very nice one, love the carvings at the scabbard. Very nice sword.

Regards,
Detlef

[Athanase]

Originally Posted by Sajen

Hello Séverin,

I think it's a penai! But a very nice one, love the carvings at the scabbard. Very nice sword.

Regards,
Detlef

Hello Detlef,

Thank you for the correction. I have never really understand the difference between Sumara and Penai. Whith the word "penai" I found all the handle variation on internet.
Sumara is only for handle with a big "V" ?

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Athanase

Sumara is only for handle with a big "V" ?

Not always, have for example a look to post #13, the beautiful examples from Michael, the one without scabbard is Sumara. There are different handle forms, look also #18, the statement from Michael.
And you find the answer for the query in your new thread!

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

Was able to add a Penai to the collection. Someone carved away the big integral guard a long time ago, maybe to get a better grip for a big hand.
It comes with a replacement scabbard (not shown) of low quality but the laminated blade is in very good condition after I've removed the corrosion.
62,5 cm long, blade alone 49 cm, 8,5 mm thick at the spine behind the handle. 608 gram.

[Gavin Nugent]

A couple laying around home.

Gavin

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by Gavin Nugent

A couple laying around home.

WOW, very nice! Special the upper one. When you don't have space for them send them to me!

Regards,
Detlef

[Sajen]

Sumara and Penai side by side.

[werecow]

I figured I'd crosslink to the thread about my latest acquisition:





More pics on the other thread.

[JeffS]

My penai contributions. I will update with my sumara when I get around to photographing it.

[Athanase]

Very nice addition Werecow and JeffS !

[JeffS]

I've been updating my database with a backlog of photos. Here is my sumara, picture didn't come out well. I need to remove rust. 53cm OAL, 39cm blade, 7mm spine. It almost looks as if the integral horn guard seen on others was removed on this one based on roughness compared to rest of handle.

[Sajen]

Originally Posted by JeffS

I've been updating my database with a backlog of photos. Here is my sumara, picture didn't come out well. I need to remove rust. 53cm OAL, 39cm blade, 7mm spine. It almost looks as if the integral horn guard seen on others was removed on this one based on roughness compared to rest of handle.

Hi Jeff,

A very nice sumara! And yes, I guess that these integral big guards get removed when the hand of a new owner is too small.

Regards,
Detlef