| myArmoury.com is now completely member-supported. Please contribute to our efforts with a donation. Your donations will go towards updating our site, modernizing it, and keeping it viable long-term.
Last 10 Donors: Piotr H. Feret, Graham Shearlaw, Anonymous, Daniel Sullivan, Chad Arnow, Jonathan Dean, M. Oroszlany, Sam Arwas, Barry C. Hutchins, Dan Kary (View All Donors) |
| Author |
Message |
|
Carey Brown
|
 Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2008 8:28 pm Post subject: Please help on identifying sword...??? |
 |
|
Hello,
I have not posted on this forum before, and am posting on behalf of my brother who is handicapped and cannott post on his own. He has a sword which he is trying to identify and hasn't been able to. I am asking for any help I can get. I am attaching a picture, but to specify, it has an image of a 4 armed person/god inlaid with gold.It looks old, but I cant figure out if it is a recreation or an original of something. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
CareyWb
678-860-6141
 Attachment: 134.91 KB
the sword
|
|
  |
 |
Sam Haverkamp
Industry Professional
|
| Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2008 8:54 pm Post subject: |
|
|
I want to say thats a type of Indo Persian Barong. Probably 18th-19th century. Looks Original to me.
Very Nice!
Sam
Last edited by Sam Haverkamp on Tue 14 Oct, 2008 9:17 pm; edited 1 time in total
|
|
|
|
|
Sam Haverkamp
Industry Professional
|
| Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2008 9:15 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Err is it a Khukuri??? Similar....
S
|
|
|
|
|
Christopher Gregg
|
| Posted: Tue 14 Oct, 2008 9:49 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Yep, Sam, that's a Tulwar-hilted Khukri, kind of like an Indian short sword, with Kali or Shiva (can't quite make out which one) on the blade. That's a really neat knife! 
Christopher Gregg
'S Rioghal Mo Dhream!
|
|
|
|
|
Bennison N
|
| Posted: Thu 16 Oct, 2008 2:33 am Post subject: |
|
|
That style of knife is not common, but there are some around... Oh look! Here's one!
http://www.oriental-arms.co.il/photos.php?id=3264
The one on the Oriental Arms site is late 19th Century, but yours is finer and in better condition than the one they have, so I wouldn't pay much attention to that price there, mate.
It seems to me to be some sort of combination between a Kukri and a Kora (the Tulwar type hilt does seem to disprove that a little though), and I would guess Nepalese or Northern in origin, purely on that (so more than likely wrong  )... Not very helpful, I know... Why not ask these guys? They might know.
http://arms2armor.com/Swords/indiswrd.htm
And you might also try the Antique Kukri Forum on Sword Forum International, of course.
I've had a look and it's not listed amongst the Shasters, meaning it's not a Sikh weapon, so that just leaves everyone else in India. Haha! Sorry I can't be more help (it's annoying me a little bit  )... I'll see if I can't get an expert I know to have a look.
"Never give a sword to a man who can't dance" - Confucius
अजयखड्गधारी
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
All contents © Copyright 2003-2026 myArmoury.com — All rights reserved
Discussion forums powered by phpBB © The phpBB Group
Switch to the Basic Low-bandwidth Version of the forum
|
This is a standard topic