Decoration on Indian blades

B.I · 1st February 2005, 03:59 PM

jens,
your honesty is very apparant in what you write

i say this because you assume the placement of glass instead on precious stone was done to save the buyer some cost. i think that the original buyer probably paid the full amount from someone who replaced the originals with costume jewellery.
the hilt is a good thing, and the channels cut into the pommel area and the base of the hilt suggest original gold inlay. inlay on a jade hilt suggest the hilt once may have held expensive stones and not ' born' with glass. a nice piece.

Jens Nordlunde · 1st February 2005, 04:36 PM

Yes, you are right, the hilt could very well have started out with a lot of gems and gold, on the other hand, none of us know the reason why it ended up like this, but I don't think the way it looks is newly made

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Jens

1st February 2005, 03:59 PM	#1
B.I Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 485	jens, your honesty is very apparant in what you write i say this because you assume the placement of glass instead on precious stone was done to save the buyer some cost. i think that the original buyer probably paid the full amount from someone who replaced the originals with costume jewellery. the hilt is a good thing, and the channels cut into the pommel area and the base of the hilt suggest original gold inlay. inlay on a jade hilt suggest the hilt once may have held expensive stones and not ' born' with glass. a nice piece.

1st February 2005, 04:36 PM	#2
Jens Nordlunde Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Europe Posts: 2,718	Yes, you are right, the hilt could very well have started out with a lot of gems and gold, on the other hand, none of us know the reason why it ended up like this, but I don't think the way it looks is newly made . Jens