Interesting Tulwar with faint engraved design....Any Ideas ?

spiral · 22nd December 2007, 12:07 AM

Interesting piece, The faint zig zag etc markings were identical on the ricasso of this peace I had at one time. It is now in an established private Sikh collection.

I presumed it was Sikh or Afghani from either, Punjab or NWF Border area or maybe even into Khyber or some such perhaps?

it was about 22 inches long , all wootz crystaline steel. Strangly found bricked up in an old English famhouse wall during re building. Bit of wicca/earth magic I suppose.

I thought it seemed a very old piece.

Spiral

katana · 22nd December 2007, 11:35 AM

Thanks Spiral,
nice functional piece, unusual to have such a quality blade with a plain-ish hilt, 'bricked up in an old farm house' ..... strange but

I fairly certain that this Tulwar is Indian, the blade is fixed in the traditional
way (resin) and the hilt, although slightly unusual, is 'within' the range of normal size. When viewed from the top the 'width' widens as it reaches the langets, a feature I have not seen before.

katana · 26th December 2007, 03:41 PM

A gentle cleaning of the hilt ...to further remove some active (red) rust has revealed ...what appears to be silver plating.... approx. 60 % remains but is lightly pitted, there is evidence of some dark patterning on some of the remaining silver but is very faint / worn. I'll try and add pictures later.

Would the plating help ID the Region of India that this Tulwar may have originated ?

David

22nd December 2007, 11:35 AM	#2
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	Thanks Spiral, nice functional piece, unusual to have such a quality blade with a plain-ish hilt, 'bricked up in an old farm house' ..... strange but I fairly certain that this Tulwar is Indian, the blade is fixed in the traditional way (resin) and the hilt, although slightly unusual, is 'within' the range of normal size. When viewed from the top the 'width' widens as it reaches the langets, a feature I have not seen before. Attached Images

22nd December 2007, 12:07 AM	#1
spiral Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,712	Interesting piece, The faint zig zag etc markings were identical on the ricasso of this peace I had at one time. It is now in an established private Sikh collection. I presumed it was Sikh or Afghani from either, Punjab or NWF Border area or maybe even into Khyber or some such perhaps? it was about 22 inches long , all wootz crystaline steel. Strangly found bricked up in an old English famhouse wall during re building. Bit of wicca/earth magic I suppose. I thought it seemed a very old piece. Spiral

26th December 2007, 03:41 PM	#3
katana Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Posts: 2,658	A gentle cleaning of the hilt ...to further remove some active (red) rust has revealed ...what appears to be silver plating.... approx. 60 % remains but is lightly pitted, there is evidence of some dark patterning on some of the remaining silver but is very faint / worn. I'll try and add pictures later. Would the plating help ID the Region of India that this Tulwar may have originated ? David