Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Chinese, Tibetan, Indian or African Sword?

ariel · 4th January 2022, 01:29 AM

Yes, the blade almost certainly is a shortened Jian . But the handle does look Indian. I would guess that overall it is a composite Sino-Indian Gupti.

4th January 2022, 01:29 AM	#8
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Yes, the blade almost certainly is a shortened Jian . But the handle does look Indian. I would guess that overall it is a composite Sino-Indian Gupti.