DAGGER FROM MYSORE OR HYDERABAD,SOUTH INDIA

[BANDOOK]

I AM POSTING PICTURES OF MY DAGGER FROM MYSORE OR HYDERABAD PART OF SOUTH INDIA,HAS THE YALI[MYTHICAL BEAST]HANDLE,LENGTH IS 34 CMS,ALL INPUTS AND VIEWS ARE WELCOME

[Runjeet Singh]

Interesting piece - the hilt looks like some of the brass hilts coming out of Orissa - they sometimes appear on eBay with the Indian dealers.

It certainly has a very tribal or Folk art look about it, not something from the Mysore or Hyderabad armouries, but does have a Carnatic look about it.

The fixing between the blade and hilt may help to ascertain if the blade and hilt have always belonged together.

Can we have some close ups of the blade, the decoration may give us some clues.

Regards
Runjeet

[ariel]

Where is the edge?
To me it looks as if it is on the convex side; if so, the handle might be turned the wrong way.

[Ian]

Hi Bandook:

Very interesting piece. The general shape looks like a Moplah/Malabar/Mysore/Kerala "chopper" that has been discussed here before. Here is an old thread that discussed some of them -- http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=11397

Incidentally, these choppers could be sharpened just on the concave edge or on both edges.

Ian

[BANDOOK]

Interesting piece - the hilt looks like some of the brass hilts coming out of Orissa - they sometimes appear on eBay with the Indian dealers.

It certainly has a very tribal or Folk art look about it, not something from the Mysore or Hyderabad armouries, but does have a Carnatic look about it.

The fixing between the blade and hilt may help to ascertain if the blade and hilt have always belonged together.

Can we have some close ups of the blade, the decoration may give us some clues.

Regards
Runjeet
dear runjeet will post close pictures by the weekend,thanks for your views,regards rajesh