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I find thin kind of watering very nice.
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A masterpiece Jens. I would love to see the whole talwar.
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yes, please! Don't tease us so! That's the base of the yelman? Note the fine filing marks, which seem cross-hatched at the koftgari, but unidirectional out across the blade?
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The whole sword
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Oh my goodness. Beautiful.
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Thanks.
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just wow really?thanks what a fantastic example
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A rare sword as we know from reading the earlier input into this thread, and a thread I have followed and a sword I have admired since joining the forum in 2006.
Charles, you have done a great job in bring artisans together in order to conserve this important sword, and I was happy to have helped you bring it into your collection. The blade is almost identical, it even has the same cartouche, the inscription on the yelman seems to be slightly different, so an accurate reading of yours Charles would clear that up. The hilt is of the same slender form, but if what Jens refers to is accurate, (and I have no reason not to doubt it) then the style or decoration is dependant on the customers taste, so it would make complete sense that the decoration would be different! Well done again Charles! Regards, Runjeet. |
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Congratulations Charles
![]() Like Runjeet writes these blades are rare, really rare. In the more than forty years I have collected I have seen three of these blades. The other one I saw long ago, but I still remember it quite well. The blade was the same but without fullers and without any gold inscriptions. The hilt was like yours, with a hand guard ending in a lotus bud, and also decorated in rather thin gold koftgari with flowers. It is remarkeable how the inscriptions are alike, like made by the same man. When it comes to the hilts, two men could have chosen the same blade, the same hilts and the same decorations, and a third one could have choosen quite another hilt - or the blade could have been rehilted. Jens |
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Charles,
What are the proportions of your tulwar? Mine are. Length: 79 cm Length of blade: 67 cm Ricasso: 5.2 cm Hilt: 16 cm Disc diameter: 6 cm Width of quillons: 8.5 cm Length of langet: 5.4 cm All the best Jens |
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Comon Charles, answer Jens's question re the proportions - this remind me of long lost siblings being re-united!! Will there be a happy ending?!!
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