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Helleri · 19th January 2016, 04:14 AM

It is pretty hard. At one point I had picked off a few pieces that were on the inside of one of the langets (just leavings from when ever it was stuck down in there). And they had a sort of crackly and crumbly consistency with a little bit of give. Reminds me of baked pine tree sap (I used to use that a lot when I made walking sticks and fly fishing staffs up in siskiyou co. some years back). As for being some sort of epoxy...I wouldn't know. Only two part epoxy I have worked with to any great extent is brand name art resin. So I don't have a wide enough range of experience with it to tell. But yeah nearest thing I could equate it to is pine sap.

iskender · 7th February 2016, 10:31 PM

Sire,i had many plain talwars in my hands in the last years with where for arming footsoldiers , mainly untrained farmers and normal people to send them in to battle in great nummbers. so in india there where arsenals full of low grade wapeons in big heaps . many of these where sold of for no money as wallhanges 100 years ago. if this is such a item, it is still a piece of history even if there is no money value on it! also in india the blades are commonly glued in the handles. (not all) you have a good chance that this is a sword for that purpose!greetings iskender

7th February 2016, 10:31 PM	#2
iskender Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Posts: 60	old or not? Sire,i had many plain talwars in my hands in the last years with where for arming footsoldiers , mainly untrained farmers and normal people to send them in to battle in great nummbers. so in india there where arsenals full of low grade wapeons in big heaps . many of these where sold of for no money as wallhanges 100 years ago. if this is such a item, it is still a piece of history even if there is no money value on it! also in india the blades are commonly glued in the handles. (not all) you have a good chance that this is a sword for that purpose!greetings iskender

19th January 2016, 04:14 AM	#1
Helleri Member Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Chino, CA. Posts: 219	It is pretty hard. At one point I had picked off a few pieces that were on the inside of one of the langets (just leavings from when ever it was stuck down in there). And they had a sort of crackly and crumbly consistency with a little bit of give. Reminds me of baked pine tree sap (I used to use that a lot when I made walking sticks and fly fishing staffs up in siskiyou co. some years back). As for being some sort of epoxy...I wouldn't know. Only two part epoxy I have worked with to any great extent is brand name art resin. So I don't have a wide enough range of experience with it to tell. But yeah nearest thing I could equate it to is pine sap.