Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Firangi ? recently sold on eBay....with holes drilled into blade!!!

Lee · 29th April 2007, 04:30 AM

I have frequently noticed the feature of holes, usually filled with iron, in the forte of Indian blades and I have several examples with this feature, including an example with an old European blade.

I have assumed these often represent artifacts of previous mountings but I also wonder if sometimes they may have been placed to suggest a blade was an heirloom, even when it was not.

29th April 2007, 04:30 AM	#7
Lee EAAF Staff Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Upstate New York, USA Posts: 970	I have frequently noticed the feature of holes, usually filled with iron, in the forte of Indian blades and I have several examples with this feature, including an example with an old European blade. I have assumed these often represent artifacts of previous mountings but I also wonder if sometimes they may have been placed to suggest a blade was an heirloom, even when it was not.