Bikaner Armory Lance Butt and Spear Head

sabertasche · 17th June 2021, 03:44 AM

Hi all, I picked up this lance head and butt at the last gun show, pre-Covid and finally decided to post it here with several questions. They were purchased as a matched set yet I strongly suspect that the lance head is earlier than the butt and is Indian, the head Indo-Persian. The butt has markings which suggest it coming from the Bikaner Armory and I would ask if anyone on the Forum can interpret the markings for me. The marking appear on the butt and have used candle black to reproduce the markings as the do not show up well with my camera.

I've attached a recent link re the armory as reference.

https://mandarinmansion.com/article/bikaner-armory

Regards,

Greg

17th June 2021, 03:44 AM	#1
sabertasche Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 149	Bikaner Armory Lance Butt and Spear Head Hi all, I picked up this lance head and butt at the last gun show, pre-Covid and finally decided to post it here with several questions. They were purchased as a matched set yet I strongly suspect that the lance head is earlier than the butt and is Indian, the head Indo-Persian. The butt has markings which suggest it coming from the Bikaner Armory and I would ask if anyone on the Forum can interpret the markings for me. The marking appear on the butt and have used candle black to reproduce the markings as the do not show up well with my camera. I've attached a recent link re the armory as reference. https://mandarinmansion.com/article/bikaner-armory Regards, Greg Attached Images Last edited by sabertasche; 17th June 2021 at 04:01 AM. Reason: formatting, spelling