Interesting shamshir

[ariel]

Originally Posted by RSWORD

I would classify this one as Indo-Persian, circa 18th century with replaced crossguard. For two examples with near identical carved ivory grip please refer to Arms and Armour, Traditional Weapons of India by E. Jaiwant Paul p. 16. Claims to be shamshir of Augangzeb, 17th century. Also, Persian Arms and Armour, by Orez Perski, p. 288 120a. This is classifed Indo-Persian, circa 18th century. Perhaps these grips became fashionable amongst Mughal nobility and this is why we see several examples.

Just a gentle comment: Orez Perski is NOT an author of the book: it just means "Persian Weapons" in Polish.
The author (or, more precisely, the Chief Editor , of this book) is Antoni Romuald Chodynski.
This is a very frequent mistake made by many people and needs to be corrected. Nothing personal.