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Old 1st October 2013, 01:01 AM   #1
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Default Punjab? Tulwar

Just received a Tulwar today, I suppose this means I have moved up from knives? Unlike Great Uncle's Civil War saber, this sword is Scary Sharp. It is said to be from the Punjab. The mostly floral gold decoration on the hilt includes some manner of domed building. Just carrying it around the house I appreciate the couple inches of unsharpened blade fore of the guard, where one's forefinger naturally rests.
I welcome anyone's opinions on age or source of this item. Would that building be someone's temple? I suppose it's now time to rest a bit & figure out where to hang some of my new acquisitions 'midst the muskets.
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Old 1st October 2013, 05:32 AM   #2
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That is a lovely and most unusual knuckle bow and a distinct cant.

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Old 27th October 2013, 10:45 PM   #3
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Ended up here from the dahl thread. I can't believe this piece didn't get more comments.

A very elegant hilt with a great blade! Any blade marks visible under the langet?
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Old 28th October 2013, 08:18 PM   #4
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That is a lovely and most unusual knuckle bow and a distinct cant.

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Salaams SwordsAntiqueWeapons see http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=17750 Is this another GS blade ?

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Old 28th October 2013, 11:21 PM   #5
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Wow, Ibrahiim, I can't get the photos to transfer to be able to shadow them.
It does have a resemblance to the unicorn. Maybe close ups will tell. Steve
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Old 29th October 2013, 08:22 PM   #6
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Thank you for your interest. I can't discern what those marks might be. Here's the best I could come up with this morning. For what its worth, I have included how the three fullers end, somewhat differently on the right than on the left side of the blade.

Yes, it is a sharp blade, just didn't feel it necessary to include photos of my bandaged fingers.
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Old 30th October 2013, 04:02 PM   #7
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nice sword.................jimmy
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