Help info Karud

tom hyle · 2nd August 2006, 10:27 PM

Didn't someone tell us "karud" (ie. kard) is the correct local name, and Afghans don't know from "pesh kabz"? I think so? Anyway; yeah; "real" and beautiful; probably a wootz/bulat blade. Wonderful carving; is that a face on the end of the pommel? Highly unusual! Very nice. That certainly does look like the somewhat stonelike core of walrus ivory, which seems to have been valued in the region; perhaps above elephant ivory. Nice nice nice; no time; very nice!
Adding: This is the small shelfilike bolster I've sometimes mentioned, BTW; it seems like an older feature on these?
Of course, Persian kard is a forged-bolster (at least often), wedge-section dagger, but what impresses me about mine is that its spine is nevertheless as heavy as on a T-section blade like yours.

Thread Tools	Search this Thread
Show Printable Version Email this Page	Search this Thread: Advanced Search
Display Modes
Switch to Linear Mode Switch to Hybrid Mode Threaded Mode

2nd August 2006, 10:27 PM	#7
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Didn't someone tell us "karud" (ie. kard) is the correct local name, and Afghans don't know from "pesh kabz"? I think so? Anyway; yeah; "real" and beautiful; probably a wootz/bulat blade. Wonderful carving; is that a face on the end of the pommel? Highly unusual! Very nice. That certainly does look like the somewhat stonelike core of walrus ivory, which seems to have been valued in the region; perhaps above elephant ivory. Nice nice nice; no time; very nice! Adding: This is the small shelfilike bolster I've sometimes mentioned, BTW; it seems like an older feature on these? Of course, Persian kard is a forged-bolster (at least often), wedge-section dagger, but what impresses me about mine is that its spine is nevertheless as heavy as on a T-section blade like yours.