Well, I got my new tulwar finally and hoped that some of you with far greater knowledge and experience might be able to help me with a few questions that I have.
The sword has a great presence in hand, and the tulwar hilt (as most of you well know) takes some adjusting to, but with a firm wrist becomes very comfortable indeed. The blade has a great distal taper, narrowing from about 1/2 cm at the hilt, to 1 millimetre just before the spatulate tip, which in itself is nearly half a millimetre thick, but for all this is very sturdy.
The photos that I have attached are the seller's photos, but i will attach my own as soon as i find my camera cable.
The blade has 4 very well executed fullers on each side, and two sets of markings, one of which seems to definitely be a makers mark ( a small anvil towards the tip) and the other which may be a makers mark or just simply decoration.
This other mark is a series of 7 small pictures, a snake like shape, and then a sun, and then a snake like shape etc. This is repeated in each of the four fullers on one side of the blade.
Does this ring any bells with anyone? My apologies in that I dont have photos of either of these markings, but i will get them up as soon as I can. Meanwhile, anything you could tell me about the sword (i.e. what part of india it's from, age etc.)would be much appreciated.
