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#1 |
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Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 9
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Hello!
I've got this tulwar, which my father bought on a trip to nepal. The seller claimed this piece is very old. The blade has a straight totally unsharpened segment followed by a deeply curving blade (which has an edge that has gotten dull over the years) . it has markings on both sides, a moon on one, and a sun on the other. it was fully covered with rust, and that's how it looks after some cleaning. It's surprisingly well balanced, the unsharpened part fits well for gripping the blade with the left hand. I have searched the internet and haven't found anything that looks like this sword, can anyone identify it? help me date it or determine it's authenticity? thanks Yaniv |
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#2 |
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
Posts: 4,167
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looks like a tulwar tegha. try a search here on 'tegha'...
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#3 |
Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,285
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Could be a Tegha indeed .
Most unusual fullering on the blade, and I haven't seen such a wide/long forte in a Tegha before . ![]() Also, a very strangely angled spine . Could we have some dimensions please ? |
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#4 |
Arms Historian
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Route 66
Posts: 9,885
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How did we miss this one????!!
Most unusual fullering, the tegha suggestions as far as we got. What about this fullering, the sun and moon symbols curiously placed at strategic location on blade. |
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#5 |
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: The Sharp end
Posts: 2,928
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It looks like the lovechild of a Tulwar and a Khopesh!
Very unusual blade form. |
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#6 |
EAAF Staff
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Centerville, Kansas
Posts: 2,196
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For some reason the blade and the fullering both look African to me.
![]() Regards, Robert |
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