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31st March 2014, 02:19 PM
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Here is the Stone's page that describes Your shamshir ( there is also a black and white figure not too good ).
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31st March 2014, 03:29 PM
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Yes Alex is right they were made for the durbars in the 19th century.
The attached picture, which is not too good, is from the catalogue The Marlborough House, showing pictures of the presents prince Edward got when he wisited India in 1875. It is no 275. 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 |
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31st March 2014, 03:49 PM
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Quote:
 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
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