Nice Tulwar

Emanuel · 2nd April 2007, 03:02 AM

Hello,
I just won a bid for a tulwar on ebay. 32" blade with two fullers close to the spine. It looks European, but I know Indian blades sometimes had such fullers. The curvature is quite high, almost like that of a shamshir...looks quite nice. Unfortunately it is missing the scabbard, so I will have to make one eventually. What's odd on this piece and the one I got from CollectingNewbie is that the ricasso is very slight, it could almost be an edge. On many tulwars I've seen it very highly defined, a complete break from the edge.
Any thoughts or details would be most appreciated.

Emanuel

Pukka Bundook · 2nd April 2007, 04:44 PM

Hello Emanuel,
I was watching this one too, as I thought it had a very nice shape to the blade.
It appears a good few tulwars don't have much of a ricasso.

Again, congratulations, I think it is a very nice honest sword.

Emanuel · 2nd April 2007, 05:01 PM

Thanks, the handle got my eye too. I think it'll fit quite well in hand...I'm a bit concerned about the angle of the handle to the blade, it may require removal and re-setting.

Emanuel · 3rd April 2007, 12:07 AM

From previous discussions and a look at Rawson, I take it this is a Panjabi hilt...is this correct?

Emanuel · 5th April 2007, 03:09 PM

No more comments about this tulwar?

Emanuel · 5th July 2007, 04:14 PM

Some more pics after cleaning. The handle was black from rust...a bit of sanding revealed red rust underneath, which I cleaned off. Under the flash of the camera I see some rust left. The blade cleaned up nicely also, and the apparently blunt edge took a bite out of me.
Next step is making a scabbard, and my first question is how I may go about curving the wood plates.

ariel · 5th July 2007, 04:37 PM

Have you tried to etch it? At least a window?
The blade configutration looks just too good not to be tempted....

Emanuel · 6th July 2007, 08:48 PM

No luck so far, Ariel

I brushed on some lime juice with little effect. I can see what looks like swirls, but that might be on account of the moving lime juice. I'll try some stronger acid...if the swirls are indeed there, then it looks like a patter-weld, not wootz.

ariel · 6th July 2007, 09:04 PM

Hey, what's wrong with having a sword with a pattern-welded blade?

Emanuel · 6th July 2007, 09:13 PM

Nothing, nothing! It's all good

just clarifying that I saw large swirls, not dendritic structures.

2nd April 2007, 03:02 AM	#1
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Nice Tulwar Hello, I just won a bid for a tulwar on ebay. 32" blade with two fullers close to the spine. It looks European, but I know Indian blades sometimes had such fullers. The curvature is quite high, almost like that of a shamshir...looks quite nice. Unfortunately it is missing the scabbard, so I will have to make one eventually. What's odd on this piece and the one I got from CollectingNewbie is that the ricasso is very slight, it could almost be an edge. On many tulwars I've seen it very highly defined, a complete break from the edge. Any thoughts or details would be most appreciated. Emanuel Attached Images

5th April 2007, 03:09 PM	#5
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	bump No more comments about this tulwar?

5th July 2007, 04:14 PM	#6
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Some more pics after cleaning. The handle was black from rust...a bit of sanding revealed red rust underneath, which I cleaned off. Under the flash of the camera I see some rust left. The blade cleaned up nicely also, and the apparently blunt edge took a bite out of me. Next step is making a scabbard, and my first question is how I may go about curving the wood plates. Attached Images

2nd April 2007, 04:44 PM	#2
Pukka Bundook Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 803	Hello Emanuel, I was watching this one too, as I thought it had a very nice shape to the blade. It appears a good few tulwars don't have much of a ricasso. Again, congratulations, I think it is a very nice honest sword.

2nd April 2007, 05:01 PM	#3
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Thanks, the handle got my eye too. I think it'll fit quite well in hand...I'm a bit concerned about the angle of the handle to the blade, it may require removal and re-setting.

3rd April 2007, 12:07 AM	#4
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	From previous discussions and a look at Rawson, I take it this is a Panjabi hilt...is this correct?

5th July 2007, 04:37 PM	#7
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Have you tried to etch it? At least a window? The blade configutration looks just too good not to be tempted....

6th July 2007, 08:48 PM	#8
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	No luck so far, Ariel I brushed on some lime juice with little effect. I can see what looks like swirls, but that might be on account of the moving lime juice. I'll try some stronger acid...if the swirls are indeed there, then it looks like a patter-weld, not wootz.

6th July 2007, 09:04 PM	#9
ariel Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 5,503	Hey, what's wrong with having a sword with a pattern-welded blade?

6th July 2007, 09:13 PM	#10
Emanuel Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Toronto, Canada Posts: 1,242	Nothing, nothing! It's all good just clarifying that I saw large swirls, not dendritic structures.