Golok?

[Spunjer]

Dated 192?
Often these are found without the scabbard lug .

rick,

in regards with the date, i was thinking more in the line of 1892, perhaps? and what's a scabbard lug?

i do like the engravings on the spine, tho; very ornated sword overall...

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Spunjer

rick,

in regards with the date, i was thinking more in the line of 1892, perhaps? and what's a scabbard lug?

i do like the engravings on the spine, tho; very ornated sword overall...

As for the date I was going on the assumption that often the first number in a date is left off or represented by a dot in muslim cultures .

Second I'm really not sure what the native term for that projection on the side of your scabbard is so I refer to it as a 'lug' .

[Ian]

Rick:

I believe the "lug" to which you refer is called a scabbard slide.

Ian.

[Rick]

Originally Posted by Ian

Rick:

I believe the "lug" to which you refer is called a scabbard slide.

Ian.

Ahh , thanks Ian !
Scabbard slide it is .

[Spunjer]

As for the date I was going on the assumption that often the first number in a date is left off or represented by a dot in muslim cultures .

wasn't aware of that, rick. thank you...

[Rick]

Spunjer , I'm not saying my assumption is anything other than that ; I could well be wrong .

When you look at arabic dates on Indo Persian stuff often the first number is marked this way ; so putting two and two together led me to believe that this could be true for swords made in a Muslim nation but dated in different numerals .
YMMV ...

The town where your sword was made is now known for the pellet guns they manufacture ; interesting , no ?