15th December 2020, 09:10 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2015
Location: Sweden
Posts: 181
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Originally Posted by ariel
Drabant,
I was wrong about the issue of " cutting through cloth armour". In the excellent review of Deccani swords by Robert Elgood ( " Sultans of the South") there is a photo of a tegha with identical handle , only very rich and gilt all over.
It has a wide D-guard, curved baluster and the " wings" at the knuckleguard. It is attributed by R.E. to Deccan, 17th century and mentions cloth armour.
I shall look around and send you the paper.
The best way is if you give me your e-mail address.
You can use PM.
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Found it!
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=197808#p
That tegha is spectacular I would not mind that on my wall
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