Indian Tulwar

[sirupate]

Hi Jens, you have done a great job in bringing the colours out.
Matt Easton in the video link I posted (sorry Jens I had presumed you had watched it) believes that the thumb should rest on the ear/langet of the tulwar to help align the edge. But like having the finger curled around the quillion it would leave the finger exposed, as you said in an earlier post about a ring to protect the finger if the quillion was to be used in that way.
All the best Simon

[Jens Nordlunde]

Simon,
Yes I did see Matt's video. When he said the thumb should be along the langet it would not mean much, as it would be on the underside of the sword, and there for better protected. But I dont know if it was so. Besides form that you would still need to place your four other fingers, and that seem to be the problem.

The attached picture is from a 16th century bronze, showing deiety holdidng a sword. I dont think they used these hits then, so it must be a very religious tradition to make the hilts like that.
You see a very narrow grip for the fingers, and the palm of the hand seems to rest on the upright disc.