Cleaning of khanda.
 

I made a very soft cleaning.
Before cleaning.

Hi Galvano,
good job ;) nice Khanda :) nice blade :cool: are you going to give it an etch?
The wrapping on the handle....is it leather (suede side up) ? How is it fixed to the handle ? Sorry for the questions ...but I would like to restore my Khanda...the wrapping is missing :(

Regards David

WOW :eek: !!! Congratulations, an EXCELLENT piece!!!! The wootz pattern is gorgeous!!! :cool: :cool:

khanda
 

Hi all
the handle is covered with velvet.
The scabbard also.
I think that it is stuck.
I will clean it a little more.
Later I am going to give it an etch .

velvet
 

velvet on hilt

etching test
 

On part of my khanda.

Nothing to say...... just :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

Hi Galvano,
Dicely done, but what did you use for cleaning?

cleaning
 

hi all
I polished with very fine bodywork paper.
I cleaned with acetone.
And attacked with ferric chloride.
Neutralized with crockery product.
Oiled.
galvano

Galvano, .....Fantastic Khanda :cool: .....I'm certainly jealous

Hi Galvano,
You have done a very good job, and shown us some exceptionel good pictures - thank you:).
The watering is very nice, but what does the tip of the blade look like?
Jens

the tip
 

hi jens
It is the khanda.
The other photographs were in macrophotography.

Thanks Galvano,
How many marks are there along the blade, and are they on both sides?
Jens

marks
 

There are 3 marks
Like stopped holes.
Who cross the blade.
at the end there is silver

galvano

Are the marks on both sides?
Jens

marks
 

yes on both sides

Galvano,
I have seen blades with markings like that along the blade, but they were filled with brass. Funny that the last one should be silver , and the other ones not.
Jens

utility
 

I do not understand the utility of these marks
galvano

I have only one Indian sword with holes like that, and on mine they are filled with brass like i wrote. The number of holes is three – and the sword is a khanda. Unfortunately I don’t know what this means, and so far I have not met anyone who knows. I have seen blades with only one hole filled with iron, this is said to be from testing the blade, but why test the blade and not the ingot? Unless of course the blade was already made for export, so the only test which could be made, was testing the blade – maybe this is true, I don’t know.

Jens

photo
 

do you Have a photograph of your khanda?

This one shows two of them.

holes
 

ho good swoord !!!!!!!
ok for the holes.
I would like to remake velvet in the basket hilt.
Do you have a model?
thanks
galvano

Sorry, but I can't help you with the hilt, can't you use the old one for a model?

Hi Galvano, perhaps the cushion is made in the same manner as this one from a Sumatran peudueng . :)

Good idea Rick, I found one as well:). The protection along the hand guard is held in place by two textile buttons, but the rest is not fastened at all.

Thanks for that picture Jens . :)

good
 

Thanks all for your contribution, that is very good exemple.
I have red velvet and the grip is brown ???????
galvano