Info on this unique (tulwar) blade please

Bally555 · 6th March 2011, 02:04 PM

Can anyone help with the date and origins of this piece please( mughal hilt maybe?)

Also what is this blade called as i have only seen one like it and thats in the Wallace Collection, London.

Atlantia · 6th March 2011, 02:15 PM

It's very beautiful.

I have a silver hilted Tulwar with a standard shape blade of that kind of Wootz.
I believe that the blade is of Indian manufacture. I've not seen one of that shape before. I'm VERY jealous!

Bally555 · 6th March 2011, 02:19 PM

Thank you for your response Atlantia lol, i do like this blade very much because of the rarity of it.

Gavin Nugent · 6th March 2011, 02:24 PM

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Gav

Atlantia · 6th March 2011, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Bally555

Thank you for your response Atlantia lol, i do like this blade very much because of the rarity of it.

And the condition is magnificent! Very lucky

Ronald · 7th March 2011, 01:59 PM

Hello dear Forum-Members,

this sword is a typical "Nawaz Khani", probably from the Deccan. There is a very nice example in the Wallace Collection. Its blade shows the signature of Assaddulla Isfahani. For that reason it might be a falsificate, as I only know shamshirs made by him. Cameron-Stone also mentions that type.

With my kind regards,

Ronald

A.alnakkas · 7th March 2011, 02:04 PM

Beautiful piece, Congratulations

Off-topic: is such a sword tip effective?

Bally555 · 7th March 2011, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ronald

Hello dear Forum-Members,

this sword is a typical "Nawaz Khani", probably from the Deccan. There is a very nice example in the Wallace Collection. Its blade shows the signature of Assaddulla Isfahani. For that reason it might be a falsificate, as I only know shamshirs made by him. Cameron-Stone also mentions that type.

With my kind regards,

Ronald

Thank you Ronald for the name of the blade.

tom hyle · 9th March 2011, 12:30 AM

Certainly it is effective. The shape of the concave "clip" is such as to bring the point back in line with the hilt, as far as I can tell on my computer screen. The edge bevel seems to become somewhat blunter/stronger/more axelike in the convexly curved tip area.
I had a 20th century Visayan sword with a blade shape a great deal like this...

6th March 2011, 02:04 PM	#1
Bally555 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 17	Info on this unique (tulwar) blade please Can anyone help with the date and origins of this piece please( mughal hilt maybe?) Also what is this blade called as i have only seen one like it and thats in the Wallace Collection, London. Attached Images

6th March 2011, 02:24 PM	#4
Gavin Nugent Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,818	This may help Nice profile. This may help you. http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ghlight=kirach Gav

6th March 2011, 02:15 PM	#2
Atlantia Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: The Sharp end Posts: 2,928	It's very beautiful. I have a silver hilted Tulwar with a standard shape blade of that kind of Wootz. I believe that the blade is of Indian manufacture. I've not seen one of that shape before. I'm VERY jealous!

6th March 2011, 02:19 PM	#3
Bally555 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 17	Thank you for your response Atlantia lol, i do like this blade very much because of the rarity of it.

7th March 2011, 01:59 PM	#6
Ronald Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Heidelberg/Germany Posts: 9	Hello dear Forum-Members, this sword is a typical "Nawaz Khani", probably from the Deccan. There is a very nice example in the Wallace Collection. Its blade shows the signature of Assaddulla Isfahani. For that reason it might be a falsificate, as I only know shamshirs made by him. Cameron-Stone also mentions that type. With my kind regards, Ronald

7th March 2011, 02:04 PM	#7
A.alnakkas Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Kuwait Posts: 1,338	Beautiful piece, Congratulations Off-topic: is such a sword tip effective?

9th March 2011, 12:30 AM	#9
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	Certainly it is effective. The shape of the concave "clip" is such as to bring the point back in line with the hilt, as far as I can tell on my computer screen. The edge bevel seems to become somewhat blunter/stronger/more axelike in the convexly curved tip area. I had a 20th century Visayan sword with a blade shape a great deal like this...