Interesting Tulwar with faint engraved design....Any Ideas ?

katana · 22nd December 2007, 11:35 AM

Thanks Spiral,
nice functional piece, unusual to have such a quality blade with a plain-ish hilt, 'bricked up in an old farm house' ..... strange but

I fairly certain that this Tulwar is Indian, the blade is fixed in the traditional
way (resin) and the hilt, although slightly unusual, is 'within' the range of normal size. When viewed from the top the 'width' widens as it reaches the langets, a feature I have not seen before.

katana · 26th December 2007, 03:41 PM

A gentle cleaning of the hilt ...to further remove some active (red) rust has revealed ...what appears to be silver plating.... approx. 60 % remains but is lightly pitted, there is evidence of some dark patterning on some of the remaining silver but is very faint / worn. I'll try and add pictures later.

Would the plating help ID the Region of India that this Tulwar may have originated ?

David

22nd December 2007, 11:35 AM	#1
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Thanks Spiral, nice functional piece, unusual to have such a quality blade with a plain-ish hilt, 'bricked up in an old farm house' ..... strange but I fairly certain that this Tulwar is Indian, the blade is fixed in the traditional way (resin) and the hilt, although slightly unusual, is 'within' the range of normal size. When viewed from the top the 'width' widens as it reaches the langets, a feature I have not seen before. Attached Images

26th December 2007, 03:41 PM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	A gentle cleaning of the hilt ...to further remove some active (red) rust has revealed ...what appears to be silver plating.... approx. 60 % remains but is lightly pitted, there is evidence of some dark patterning on some of the remaining silver but is very faint / worn. I'll try and add pictures later. Would the plating help ID the Region of India that this Tulwar may have originated ? David