How does one hold a tulwar?

[Roland_M]

Originally Posted by Ian

Closer inspection of the hand holding the tulwar hilt shows his forefinger curled around the cross guard.

Ian.

Hello Ian,

I have four old tulwar blades and three of them have no ricasso, they are very sharp down to the cross guard. Only the wootz-tulwar has a ricasso but ironically the handle of this wootz-tulwar is the biggest of the four, long enough für my xl- hand.

The forefinger around the cross guard allows more control but paid with significantly less cutting power. The forefinger would be damaged in this position without enemies support, because there is no ricasso.

I asked the same question to myself and this is my result.


Roland