Origins please

Jim McDougall · 19th August 2008, 03:51 PM

Hi Gav,
Looks like things are coming along nicely. The dots, in triple, are something that has come up in discussion occasionally over the years, and appear in variation it seems on some Indian swords. I dont think we have really established if in fact there is distinctly a certain symbolic application as yet, but it would seem with the numeric there may well be.
Perhaps there is a practical explanation, but that is equally elusive.

Just one note on the wiggling lines on the scabbard, these are apparantly typical on scabbards of Bedouin swords from regions into the Sinai.

All best regards,
Jim

19th August 2008, 03:51 PM	#8
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,281	Hi Gav, Looks like things are coming along nicely. The dots, in triple, are something that has come up in discussion occasionally over the years, and appear in variation it seems on some Indian swords. I dont think we have really established if in fact there is distinctly a certain symbolic application as yet, but it would seem with the numeric there may well be. Perhaps there is a practical explanation, but that is equally elusive. Just one note on the wiggling lines on the scabbard, these are apparantly typical on scabbards of Bedouin swords from regions into the Sinai. All best regards, Jim