Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Two Tulwars and marking identification etc.

ALEX · 17th March 2017, 12:39 PM

The tulwars are real and genuine antiques. The markings are very crude attempts to resemble the cartouche and eye-lash mark, and as such do not mean anything other than someone tried to add "value" to the blade, i.e. sell it for more rupies.

17th March 2017, 12:39 PM	#2
ALEX Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 936	The tulwars are real and genuine antiques. The markings are very crude attempts to resemble the cartouche and eye-lash mark, and as such do not mean anything other than someone tried to add "value" to the blade, i.e. sell it for more rupies.