Help with identifying a pair of pattas (gauntlet swords)!

[Jens Nordlunde]

Hello Marnish,
Welcome to the forum, I hope you will have many interesting moments here. Do use the SEARCH function on patas, and you can spend hours.


To your questions. I dont think your patas are very old I am sorry to say.
The elephant one is very 'crisp', and so does the other one look, especially at the top, although the head could be somewhat older. To this comes, that even newer patas could have been 'made' old by gri´nding them a bit, to remove the sharp edges, and to this comes that there are many ways to make steel look older than it is.

The types, seem to me, to be Deccani or South Indian.
Please tell us about the blades. Are they flexible, are they made of wootz, and do they have any markings?
Jens

[manishkulkarni]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

Hello Marnish,
Welcome to the forum, I hope you will have many interesting moments here. Do use the SEARCH function on patas, and you can spend hours.

Hi Jens,

Apologies that I missed your reply! Hopefully I've answered your questions above, don't think its wootz steel as far as I can tell... I'm not really bothered about how old the pattas are - they are a symbol of the great Maratha empire that originated from where I belong, and the their great warriors are often depicted carrying one, none more so than King Shivaji as illustrated by Nihl above... so always wanted to have one! Thanks again for your response...