Re: Indian Edged Weapons in the Prince of Wales Museum
Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 2:51 pm
Hi pistolero,
> Thanks - great info on Samurai Sword making!
Briha
> Thanks - great info on Samurai Sword making!
Briha
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Hi Perfectionist. Thank you very much for your kind words. I've just started reading extensively on the subject so I'll take a pot shot.bI may jollywell be wrong. I am using Rawson and Egerton as guide. The hilt is Indo Muslim Talwar Hilt of the Rajput type. The quillons are short stemmed and the pommel is as wide as the quillions. The hilt has what appears to be gold gilding where gold leaf is applied on the surface and burnished and later polished with sweet lime.perfectionist1 wrote:Dear Moin,
Great...bravo...you are a person a kind of which is hard to find, very dedicated and constantly following your hobby.
I myself wanted to get 2 swords made for myself - one Khilij and other Shamshir, but from one year reluctant, dont know if it will be legal to keep it with me, that is why never went ahead and tried.
I even have taken out a dimensional design of Khilij of 36" blade.
In Nov'12 I went to my approx. 300 years old house and found out one Talwar kind of sword, the tip of which was rusted and melted by 3-4 inches, which cleaned it up, is looking good. The sword must have belonged to my ancestors, left it there only.
Attaching its pic for your review and comments, please....
Once again cheers....
SIR Pistolero. You are active in Khorasnis Sword Forums. spread some gyaan here as well . Looking forward to your post on Japo Blades.pistolero wrote:Dear Briha,
Glad you like the info.
Will start out a thread soon on this topic!! Its and endless topic and I hope to learn a lot more here at the forum!
Regards,
Pistolero
Dear Moin,Moin. wrote:Hi Perfectionist. Thank you very much for your kind words. I've just started reading extensively on the subject so I'll take a pot shot.bI may jollywell be wrong. I am using Rawson and Egerton as guide. The hilt is Indo Muslim Talwar Hilt of the Rajput type. The quillons are short stemmed and the pommel is as wide as the quillions. The hilt has what appears to be gold gilding where gold leaf is applied on the surface and burnished and later polished with sweet lime.perfectionist1 wrote:Dear Moin,
Great...bravo...you are a person a kind of which is hard to find, very dedicated and constantly following your hobby.
I myself wanted to get 2 swords made for myself - one Khilij and other Shamshir, but from one year reluctant, dont know if it will be legal to keep it with me, that is why never went ahead and tried.
I even have taken out a dimensional design of Khilij of 36" blade.
In Nov'12 I went to my approx. 300 years old house and found out one Talwar kind of sword, the tip of which was rusted and melted by 3-4 inches, which cleaned it up, is looking good. The sword must have belonged to my ancestors, left it there only.
Attaching its pic for your review and comments, please....
Once again cheers....
The blade shape is quite peculiar being flared at tip ( or appears in the pic) unlike the traditional talwar shape. THERE also appears to be dual fullering on the blade. I would assume that this would be a firnagi blade i.e a European Cavalry type from Italy France or Portugal and fitted with a Talwar Hilt. these were very popular in the 17th and 18th Century. The only other option would be a Talwar from the Sind Region as i saw a similar one in one of the line drawings in Egertons book.
REGARDS
MOIN.
P.s: wait for katanji to correctly identify the blade. I JUST TOOK A POT SHOT AT IT.