Tulwar or Khanda

RSWORD · 21st April 2005, 02:20 AM

Aren't Khanda and Pattisa blades typically double edged? As Tom points out, this blade is single edged and this seems a bit atypical to the other blade types. I have an example in my collection with a blade that is also single edged with a Pattisa/Khanda like tip, however, I do not believe that tip configuration was original to the blade on my example. My sword has a different hilt style than the example posted here. Perhaps these are a different blade form and shouldn't be lumped in with Pattisa or Khanda.

tom hyle · 21st April 2005, 02:27 AM

I've seen a number of SE khandas, only DE at the tip; I'd actually thought it the norm?

21st April 2005, 02:20 AM	#1
RSWORD Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Greensboro, NC Posts: 1,089	Aren't Khanda and Pattisa blades typically double edged? As Tom points out, this blade is single edged and this seems a bit atypical to the other blade types. I have an example in my collection with a blade that is also single edged with a Pattisa/Khanda like tip, however, I do not believe that tip configuration was original to the blade on my example. My sword has a different hilt style than the example posted here. Perhaps these are a different blade form and shouldn't be lumped in with Pattisa or Khanda.

21st April 2005, 02:27 AM	#2
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	I've seen a number of SE khandas, only DE at the tip; I'd actually thought it the norm?