Hi Jens, Thanks for your input!
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Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde
Do you know if the blade has a tang?
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No idea. The blade is tightly secured by those 3 rivets. However, I played with the idea to clean up the hilt by electrolytic rust removal and would have to remove the blade for this.
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The blade seems to be rather short, do you think it can have been broken close to the hilt?
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Wouldn't the ricasso suggest an intact blade? IMVHO it would need some major reforging effort to come up with a new ricasso as well as the shape of the blade...
Possibly a boy's blade? I know it's the usual disingenous ad hoc assumption but the grip is also a bit on the small side.
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You write that you got it from the Hyderabad region. Do you mean Hyderabad in Sind or in Deccan?
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Deccan
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Somewhere in one of my books I think I have a picture of a blade like yours, I will have to have a look.
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I would appreciate that very much! Take your time though.
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The bird on the hilt could be a parrot, but it could also be a hawk or a falcon, it is hard to say, but it is true that they often used a parrot.
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I just defaulted on a parrot since that seems to be mentioned much more often than other birds. I'll have a close look again.
Regards,
Kai