Indian Composite Piece For Comment

Jens Nordlunde · 31st July 2009, 04:24 PM

Here are my thoughts about the ’sword’.

The hilt is south Indian of a very old form, and the bird heads shown on the hand guard are parrots, a very beloved bird in south India. The blade does, of course, not belong to the hilt, but I don’t think it is a reworked khanda blade. Originally I believe the ‘blade’ must have been a rod, and not one to form a maze – so I believe it to have been a ‘sword’ for training.

31st July 2009, 04:24 PM	#19
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Here are my thoughts about the ’sword’. The hilt is south Indian of a very old form, and the bird heads shown on the hand guard are parrots, a very beloved bird in south India. The blade does, of course, not belong to the hilt, but I don’t think it is a reworked khanda blade. Originally I believe the ‘blade’ must have been a rod, and not one to form a maze – so I believe it to have been a ‘sword’ for training.