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Tim Simmons · 21st May 2006, 08:07 PM

I was looking at a very nice Indian talwar with a wootz blade before I bought the Kaskara, There is something about the combination of good cloth scabbard and newish blade and an old not original handle that puts me off the money asked for some of these things which could just be paranoia.

There is no reason why this is not a weapon put together in the late 19th century for display purposes, as the use of such weapons became more anachronistic. The Indian Army was I believe in some ways better equipped than the regular British army certainly the Indian Army pattern sabres seem a lot better than those of the home army.

21st May 2006, 08:07 PM	#14
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,842	I was looking at a very nice Indian talwar with a wootz blade before I bought the Kaskara, There is something about the combination of good cloth scabbard and newish blade and an old not original handle that puts me off the money asked for some of these things which could just be paranoia. There is no reason why this is not a weapon put together in the late 19th century for display purposes, as the use of such weapons became more anachronistic. The Indian Army was I believe in some ways better equipped than the regular British army certainly the Indian Army pattern sabres seem a lot better than those of the home army.