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8th January 2018, 10:52 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Louisville, KY
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I modified these pictures to better see the hilt.
Based on the blade profile and the brass flowers (based on the color of the patina), I am leaning toward an early 20th century, northern Indian origin. The blade of course looks like an Indian modified British blade. |
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9th January 2018, 12:10 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Idaho, USA
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No cho and poorly fitted bolster and grip. Can't tell what the blade is made from or what the inscription says/means. Lotus flowers would be very N. India or Nepal. Or it could have been made anywhere? Bored Brit soldier?- bbjw
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9th January 2018, 04:27 PM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Europe
Posts: 2,718
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Could the flowers shown on the hilt be Ixora Coccinea flowers?
The plant is a medicine plant used in India, and the flowers are sometimes used on Indian hilts. |
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15th April 2018, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,120
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The blade looks to be cut from a commercial scythe blade! Very good steel and possibly laminated even.
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16th April 2018, 11:59 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 68
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Thank you, David.
It seems that it is so. |
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