Thankyou....
Fernando, For me sap & pitch are all very similar, although some are also fitted with a chalky rock type substance, possibly borax? some tulwar do have a rivet in them as well, & on some otheres the finial is pinched or some such tight fitting onto the tang as a permenant fixing & indeed I have had one piece where the final was actuly part of the tang, it was only because of damage that this was visible.
I dont know how common such fixings were as generaly the second two varietys are only visble if the handle is damaged or removed in some way.
I expect others here have seen many more dismantled tulwar than I.
Spiral
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