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Iliad · 19th December 2008, 07:10 AM

Gentlemen, thank you so much for your learned comments, really appreciated.
The hilt isn't really at an angle, it is very loose, being held by a single rivet, and it swivels around easily. When I laid the sword down to take the photo I didn't notice that I had left the hilt at an angle!
I wonder what the original owner would have thought if he had been told that 150 (?) years later his precious sword would be in the aged hands of a retired Accountant in a small country at the ends of the earth!!
Brian

19th December 2008, 07:10 AM	#5
Iliad Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 187	Is this Tulwar 17th century? Gentlemen, thank you so much for your learned comments, really appreciated. The hilt isn't really at an angle, it is very loose, being held by a single rivet, and it swivels around easily. When I laid the sword down to take the photo I didn't notice that I had left the hilt at an angle! I wonder what the original owner would have thought if he had been told that 150 (?) years later his precious sword would be in the aged hands of a retired Accountant in a small country at the ends of the earth!! Brian