Cleaning of khanda.

Jens Nordlunde · 20th May 2007, 12:57 PM

I have only one Indian sword with holes like that, and on mine they are filled with brass like i wrote. The number of holes is three – and the sword is a khanda. Unfortunately I don’t know what this means, and so far I have not met anyone who knows. I have seen blades with only one hole filled with iron, this is said to be from testing the blade, but why test the blade and not the ingot? Unless of course the blade was already made for export, so the only test which could be made, was testing the blade – maybe this is true, I don’t know.

Jens

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20th May 2007, 12:57 PM	#19
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	I have only one Indian sword with holes like that, and on mine they are filled with brass like i wrote. The number of holes is three – and the sword is a khanda. Unfortunately I don’t know what this means, and so far I have not met anyone who knows. I have seen blades with only one hole filled with iron, this is said to be from testing the blade, but why test the blade and not the ingot? Unless of course the blade was already made for export, so the only test which could be made, was testing the blade – maybe this is true, I don’t know. Jens