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Rick · 21st June 2018, 02:24 AM

[QUOTE=M ELEY] In my opinion (and it is ONLY that), this is an old East India Company sword blade with a later (perhaps mid to late 19th c.) hilt similar to a kastane. I don't think it was made for a market sale, but for honest-to-goodness reuse as a weapon. The hilt could have been refitted in a Dutch trading post such as Shri Lanka. Now, let me be shot down by others-

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When I look at the hilt I think Ceylon Mark.

It looks like there was a forward quillon, now gone.

But those plates look like they'd hurt the hand if you choked up on the hilt in use.

Possibly the owner could comment on this with it in hand.

21st June 2018, 02:24 AM	#12
Rick Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 6,262	[QUOTE=M ELEY] In my opinion (and it is ONLY that), this is an old East India Company sword blade with a later (perhaps mid to late 19th c.) hilt similar to a kastane. I don't think it was made for a market sale, but for honest-to-goodness reuse as a weapon. The hilt could have been refitted in a Dutch trading post such as Shri Lanka. Now, let me be shot down by others- [QUOTE] When I look at the hilt I think Ceylon Mark. It looks like there was a forward quillon, now gone. But those plates look like they'd hurt the hand if you choked up on the hilt in use. Possibly the owner could comment on this with it in hand.