Pattern welded Indian axe.

tom hyle · 18th April 2005, 09:16 AM

Ooh! Bulova or bullova is the name; after a day of only being able to think of "bulatoe" (a sword from Nias, Indonesia). I might have an old Fagan catelogue with pictures, but they might've been in the one I gave away to the guy I swapped my m'pungi (ivory trumpet) to; I gave him one that was selling some of those.....I think Oriental Arms has had one or more for sale; may be sold by now; does Oriental Arms list sold items? I don't remember; been a while....

capt.smash · 18th April 2005, 06:53 PM

Hiya Tom

yeah Bullova is the one

i am familiar with these by sight [example shown below],i was unsure wether or not my particular shaped blade would fall into this category or not?but there are definate similarities,the type i show below is from the Chota Nagpur tribes of central India.So it would seem likely my axe comes from some where in that region ...thanks for the reply

The pattern reminds me of crockodile skin

.....there are some other similar examples on oriental arms but im not sure i can post the pics because of copyright?

tom hyle · 19th April 2005, 01:04 AM

An odder one with three rivetted sockets, with a seperate lagnet passing under them: ebay #6516556973

18th April 2005, 06:53 PM	#2
capt.smash Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Devon ,England Posts: 80	Hiya Tom yeah Bullova is the one i am familiar with these by sight [example shown below],i was unsure wether or not my particular shaped blade would fall into this category or not?but there are definate similarities,the type i show below is from the Chota Nagpur tribes of central India.So it would seem likely my axe comes from some where in that region ...thanks for the reply The pattern reminds me of crockodile skin .....there are some other similar examples on oriental arms but im not sure i can post the pics because of copyright? Attached Images

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18th April 2005, 09:16 AM	#1
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Ooh! Bulova or bullova is the name; after a day of only being able to think of "bulatoe" (a sword from Nias, Indonesia). I might have an old Fagan catelogue with pictures, but they might've been in the one I gave away to the guy I swapped my m'pungi (ivory trumpet) to; I gave him one that was selling some of those.....I think Oriental Arms has had one or more for sale; may be sold by now; does Oriental Arms list sold items? I don't remember; been a while....

19th April 2005, 01:04 AM	#3
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	An odder one with three rivetted sockets, with a seperate lagnet passing under them: ebay #6516556973