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Jens Nordlunde · 2nd May 2007, 04:21 PM

No, I have not tried to etch it yet, but I will try it, when I feel I have the time – being on pension can be rather time consuming

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It will be nice to see your tulwars

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Here is what most Kishangarh armoury marks look like. I really wonder why they made the marks so sloppy. It would have been easier/faster to remove the wax where the letters/numbers were to be and start etching, but they removed the wax around the letters/numbers, and in a rather careless way at that, unless the army just had come home with 25.000 ‘new’ swords and daggers to be marked, before they entered the armoury. Even a stamp would have been a lot faster and easier – although the number would fail – so why etching?

2nd May 2007, 04:21 PM	#6
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	No, I have not tried to etch it yet, but I will try it, when I feel I have the time – being on pension can be rather time consuming. It will be nice to see your tulwars. Here is what most Kishangarh armoury marks look like. I really wonder why they made the marks so sloppy. It would have been easier/faster to remove the wax where the letters/numbers were to be and start etching, but they removed the wax around the letters/numbers, and in a rather careless way at that, unless the army just had come home with 25.000 ‘new’ swords and daggers to be marked, before they entered the armoury. Even a stamp would have been a lot faster and easier – although the number would fail – so why etching? Last edited by Jens Nordlunde; 2nd May 2007 at 04:47 PM.