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Jens Nordlunde · 30th January 2012, 09:56 AM

Hi Congoblades,

The writing, or should I rather say the etching, is the armoury mark from Kishangarh.

The quality of there etchings is not made very nicely, I have only once seen it made nicely, on a tulwar I have. There it is made very precisely and deep.

That a weapon is marked in this way, does not mean that it is from Kishangarh, but on the other hand it could be. Another thing is, that there seems to be some doubt about, if all the weapons were marked, and if this is the case - why not? The time when there marking were made is also an open question. A lot of questions for hours of research

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Make a search for ‘Kishangarh’ on the forum, and you will get three threads about this kind of marking.

30th January 2012, 09:56 AM	#5
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,713	Hi Congoblades, The writing, or should I rather say the etching, is the armoury mark from Kishangarh. The quality of there etchings is not made very nicely, I have only once seen it made nicely, on a tulwar I have. There it is made very precisely and deep. That a weapon is marked in this way, does not mean that it is from Kishangarh, but on the other hand it could be. Another thing is, that there seems to be some doubt about, if all the weapons were marked, and if this is the case - why not? The time when there marking were made is also an open question. A lot of questions for hours of research . Make a search for ‘Kishangarh’ on the forum, and you will get three threads about this kind of marking.