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Originally Posted by Richard G
Just a suggestion, but could it be a blade from a tulwar modified with a shamshir style hilt to make it saleable in the Arab market?
Regards
Richard
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I might be wrong but to me this blade IS clearly a shamshir with a shamshir hilt. So it is a shamshir both, bladewise and hiltwise.
In my view, the characteristic Tulwar blade has less curvature and is wider than the shamshir blade.