Karabela, any thoughts, which century, origin?

[serdar]

Originally Posted by TVV

Hard to say from the pictures, but the ricasso does indeed look like something you would find on a tulwar.

Yes, sharpening is a problem to me, it looks more indian indo-persian than european, and width of the “meat” behind the edge should be more wide, i had steyer saber 17 century blade with almost same construction, but on that blade you clearly see it is a european blade, it had perfect balance and it could take very sharp edge.

But cant say anything for sure.

[serdar]

Blade on ricasso isnt blunt like indian ricasso, it looks like someone sharpened it many times and took away metal, but it is a strange angle of sharpening that reminds me of indian weapons.