Tulwar markings?

[M.carter]

Originally Posted by derek

Hi,

Two questions: is the blade sharp, or has it been sharpened at some stage?

Is that a hint of a wootz pattern, or is the pic fooling me?

I've seen easily over 100 "tourist" market swords from Iran and Rajastan, and NONE of them ever had a sharpened blade, and none of them showed a wootz pattern, but nearly always a definite mechanical damascus pattern.

Yours doesn't look like them, at least from your pics. Even the koftgari looks different. It may not be ancient, but looks to be a serviceable fighting sword.

-d

I stand to back Dereks post. I've also seen the junk coming out of India lately in Kuwait, most are antiqued and have very loose hilts, and etched on the forte "Made in India". Yours Captain, is certainly not among those. I believe you have a genuine item, I especially like that curve on your sword.