Talwar blade decorated with animal battles

[ALEX]

Originally Posted by Jens Nordlunde

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Paolo, although I know that Stone used the term Shamshir blade in his description, I would be careful using the term. This is a chiselled tulwar blade. A shamshir blade is more curved
Jens

Good comments, Jens. Please allow me to come to Paolo's rescue, and also Stone's
There are known Persian (or Indo-Persian) chiseled shamshirs. One of them can be seen
Here
Although this blade is also Indian, the Persian shamshirs can be chiselled and quite non-curved. Better indication would be profile/overall form, presence of ricasso, etc. But again, these hunting blades are Indian, I was just being difficult