I do not doubt the ability of this haladie to inflict severe bodily damage, but ( just like Drac2k) have hesitations about its age and "historicity".
These days, anything that comes to the market from India as antique is suspect in my eyes until proven otherwise.
20-25 years ago many people bought "antiques" from China in good faith; this rapidly changed into " trust but verify" attitude; by now we all know with iron-clad certainty that everything coming out of there was manufactured last week at the latest.
As the availability of old tulwar handles in India comes down, we see more and more freshly cast ones. Taking into account ridiculously low hourly wages there, even seemingly reasonably-priced "antique" weapons must be bringing high percentage profits.
Caveat emptor!
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