Thoughts on this sword ?? Seringapatam relic ?

katana · 2nd July 2008, 11:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jim McDougall

The hayamukhi style hilt was not as far as I know used by Tipu or any of his forces.
hilt looks 19th c.

Hi Jim

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thank you for the ID of the hilt. Could you tell me which cultures used this type of hilt? Thank you

Regards David

Atlantia · 3rd July 2008, 01:44 AM

Hmmm, weirdly, many years ago I had a sword with a lion shaped hilt that was allegedly Tipos forces. It had a cartouoche on the blade but I couldn't read it, I was never comfortable with it and eventually I ended up trading it back to the bloke I'd bought it from.
I think I'd feel the same with this one. Although in any large campaign there must be many varieties of design and weapons type used, I am suspicious enough to only accept cast iron provenances as gospel.

3rd July 2008, 01:44 AM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	Hmmm, weirdly, many years ago I had a sword with a lion shaped hilt that was allegedly Tipos forces. It had a cartouoche on the blade but I couldn't read it, I was never comfortable with it and eventually I ended up trading it back to the bloke I'd bought it from. I think I'd feel the same with this one. Although in any large campaign there must be many varieties of design and weapons type used, I am suspicious enough to only accept cast iron provenances as gospel.