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BBking
12th March 2023, 07:40 PM
Hello ,
I will receive this sword,
The seller told me he is sure about late 19th century,
For me more a recent made tibetan or chinese sword but the price is fair...
The small chain and scabbard look recent but the blade shows some kind of lamination...
real one ? All recent ?
BBking
12th March 2023, 08:08 PM
A part of the handle...
Sajen
12th March 2023, 08:20 PM
Hello ,
I will receive this sword,
The seller told me he is sure about late 19th century,
For me more a recent made tibetan or chinese sword but the price is fair...
The small chain and scabbard look recent but the blade shows some kind of lamination...
real one ? All recent ?
Hello BBing,
I am sure that nobody will give you an expertise with the given pictures, better wait until you have it in your hands and can take and post better pictures.
Just my humble opinion.
Regards,
Detlef
BBking
12th March 2023, 08:38 PM
Here the better pics I have...
JBG163
12th March 2023, 09:08 PM
In my opinion, blade, guard and pommel are most likely to be old...Seems to be a sword originaly from the Kham area. The rest, i would say 20th maybe later, probably made in Nepal (that is only an assumption). I have seen several old blades remounted with that kind of fittings lately.
BBking
12th March 2023, 10:00 PM
Thank you Sajen and JBG for your answers,
I wait for it and hope the pictures will tell more and good news !
BBking
15th March 2023, 09:05 PM
Hello,
I receive it,
Nice surprise for the blade, a massive one.
How old ?
I cleaned the hilt and guard seems made of copper or coppered iron.
The handle is later covered /repaired ?
For the scabbard,
Good news, it's made of wood and leather covered.
I battle / try to remove the metal fittings and see all the structure...
Tim Simmons
15th March 2023, 09:36 PM
More pics of the whole thing and the scabbard.
Philip
15th March 2023, 11:45 PM
In my opinion, blade, guard and pommel are most likely to be old...Seems to be a sword originaly from the Kham area. The rest, i would say 20th maybe later, probably made in Nepal (that is only an assumption). I have seen several old blades remounted with that kind of fittings lately.
I agree on the blade + the iron hilt fittings, typically Kham. The round flanged guard and the nonferrous inlaid bands on the obverse the pommel are unique to the area. The original hilt would have been wood (usually) overlaid with ray skin. And not a round/oval cross-section, but more like a flattened hexagon, the area under the guard slightly expanded.
The sword seems to have a nice old blade, a classic Tibetan "hairpin" lamination which appears to be well-made.
BBking
16th March 2023, 06:33 PM
Here the pictures !
Two scabbards in one !
BBking
16th March 2023, 06:40 PM
Extra fancy later made mounts on the original leather covered scabbard.
Made of copper /low silver-white metal / brass
Must be a symbolism with this metal-colors combination..... ??
Someone maybe know ??
Fancy but old and well made,
Cf the back of the mounts...
BBking
16th March 2023, 06:45 PM
And reassembled ,
I prefer the back side,
Looks mode authentic !
Or without the central piece...
To many differents colors/stones... !!! :) :( :) ;( ;)
BBking
18th March 2023, 03:25 PM
All these full pictures and not a comment ?
Maybe Philip told everything,
Thank you Philip !!
JBG163
18th March 2023, 04:38 PM
The use of fur on the bottom part of the scabbard could indicate à use among the Lhoba people. Hard to tell more. Insertion of brass/copper on pommel is common in Kham area. Conservative way of thinking late 19th early 20th. But could be earlier. Here is a picture of a Lhoba wearing fashion. Note the sword and scabbard
Tim Simmons
18th March 2023, 05:24 PM
Is that the "replacement handle" again.
kronckew
18th March 2023, 08:33 PM
Looks a lot like my sword here:
https://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=28195&highlight=tibet
kai
18th March 2023, 11:26 PM
All these full pictures and not a comment ?
Well, it's obvious that the blade is the main prize here; it certainly deserves some TLC. I'd suspect that it's very likely 19th c. (possibly even a bit older which would need a really close inspection maybe upon additional treatment).
Fittings are prone to needing repair or replacement sooner or later (depending on intensity of use and storage conditions). Any old remnants still deserve to be taken care of as historic examples, at least if genuine.
Regards,
Kai
BBking
19th March 2023, 11:02 AM
Thank you all for your replies,
Kronckew, I already saw your interesting sword with the similar copper mounts and coral/turquoise arrangement,
The ''monster'' is Maru I'm right ?
For the blade, I cleaned it and it seems nice and old with the ''hair pin'' pattern, van it be 18th ??
The hilt is authentic too,
Nice picture of the three nails and pommel with the old wood of the hilt, :)
sadly no easy way to remove the white metal/low silver handle to see under..., it is welded and then folded...
BBking
19th March 2023, 11:09 AM
I prefer to leave the sword this way:
The three metals mounts with a little space shoping the leather scabbard under and the sword beside.
Showing all elements:
Steel , wood, the differents copper alloys,
leather, stones and coral...
Tim Simmons
19th March 2023, 07:43 PM
The scabbard has some similarity but the blade guard and handle are quite different.
BBking
19th March 2023, 09:15 PM
The metal handle is later made,
As is the one you published on another post /small Tibetan sword dagger .
That's why I tried to remove it gently but it's ,as I wrote , ,welded and the folded...
I forgot the size and weight ,
nice impressive weapon:
Weight 840grs for scabbard
1080grs for the sword
Size of the sword without scabard : 95cm
Tim Simmons
19th March 2023, 09:22 PM
Which might indicate that the handle is original.
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