Tweezers on a sword scabbard

Iliad · 11th December 2012, 09:50 PM

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Atlantia · 11th December 2012, 10:14 PM

Hi Brian,

There is certainly a precedent for tweezers and other additional tools with Kukri of course.
But I've never seen additional tools on the scabbard of a Tulwar.
However, the way it has been done does remind me of a Kukri sheath with their 'pockets' for the Karda, Chakmak and sometimes 'other things'.
I've looked at the pictures and while I'm not 100% that the tweezers are the original item, they certainly fit well, and are made to resemble a Kard/Pesh handle. So why not?
A personal grooming item for a well prepared Warrior?
Very interesting. I particularly like the form of the tweezers with the faux dagger hilt and sliding lock.
Any casual glance and it looks like a little knife, but it's actually for tweezing! lol, a very manly disguise for a little grooming item.
Excellent item and an interesting anomaly to add to our repertoire of knowledge.

Iliad · 12th December 2012, 12:32 AM

Thanks Atlantia, for the reply. Could the tweezers be used for extracting a musket ball from a wound?
Brian

Atlantia · 12th December 2012, 12:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Iliad

Thanks Atlantia, for the reply. Could the tweezers be used for extracting a musket ball from a wound?
Brian

Hi Brian

They could probobly fix a monobrow or help to shape a fabulous moustache!

Seriously though, a set of tweezers is a very useful little tool.
The fact that they lock might be a clue? (if they are not for personal grooming that is)

Presumably they have mis-shapen with time and when originally made the sliding lock could be moved down to 'lock' them shut, which would have possibly made them usable as a medical clamp?
I could be mistaken but they don't look like they'd be the right shape to insert into a bullet hole to grab a musket-ball, but they would possibly work to temporarily clamp off an artery or some other internal tubing if you'd been sliced open?

ATB
Gene

P.S. is that embroidered 'symbol' on the scabbard a word of character?
Might be a clue there?

VANDOO · 12th December 2012, 04:35 AM

A VERY INTERESTING SWORD I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE TWEEZERS ARE INCLUDED ON A SWORD FOR. SO I WILL MAKE SOMETHING UP JUST FOR FUN

ONE OF THE PUNISHMENTS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD WAS TO PLUCK OUT A MAN'S BEARD, SO PERHAPS WHEN AN ENEMY WAS CAPTRED THEY WOULD HAVE A SUITABLE TOOL AT HAND. PLUCKING A FEW NOSE HAIRS WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD FORM OF INTERIGATION.

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11th December 2012, 10:14 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Hi Brian, There is certainly a precedent for tweezers and other additional tools with Kukri of course. But I've never seen additional tools on the scabbard of a Tulwar. However, the way it has been done does remind me of a Kukri sheath with their 'pockets' for the Karda, Chakmak and sometimes 'other things'. I've looked at the pictures and while I'm not 100% that the tweezers are the original item, they certainly fit well, and are made to resemble a Kard/Pesh handle. So why not? A personal grooming item for a well prepared Warrior? Very interesting. I particularly like the form of the tweezers with the faux dagger hilt and sliding lock. Any casual glance and it looks like a little knife, but it's actually for tweezing! lol, a very manly disguise for a little grooming item. Excellent item and an interesting anomaly to add to our repertoire of knowledge.

12th December 2012, 12:32 AM	#3
Iliad Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 187	Thanks Atlantia, for the reply. Could the tweezers be used for extracting a musket ball from a wound? Brian

12th December 2012, 04:35 AM	#5
VANDOO (deceased) Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: OKLAHOMA, USA Posts: 3,138	A VERY INTERESTING SWORD I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE TWEEZERS ARE INCLUDED ON A SWORD FOR. SO I WILL MAKE SOMETHING UP JUST FOR FUN ONE OF THE PUNISHMENTS IN THAT PART OF THE WORLD WAS TO PLUCK OUT A MAN'S BEARD, SO PERHAPS WHEN AN ENEMY WAS CAPTRED THEY WOULD HAVE A SUITABLE TOOL AT HAND. PLUCKING A FEW NOSE HAIRS WOULD ALSO BE A GOOD FORM OF INTERIGATION.