Featured Indian Tulwar sword

Love and Kisses?

Debora

 

.................. oh Deb , u so funny !!!!

 

I can not verify...but....

The "XOXOXO" marks you are seeing on an antique Tulwar (or Talwar) blade are almost always pseudo-European or talismanic maker’s marks. Historically, Indian smiths frequently copied "X" and "O" stamps, along with "sickle/eyelash" symbols, in an attempt to replicate and add prestige to the imported European steel they favored.
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Kiss of death!

 

I cannot add anything to what Komo has already posted I am afraid. I have heard it said that these tulwars with the hand guard are m ostly from the Punjab region of India. However, do you have a picture of the entire sword please?
I presume that the bayonets are either 1866, 1874 or 1886 patterns?

 

now u can be the House Clearance Whisperer............!!.........

 

Thank you Davey. French Chassepot bayonets, modele 1866. They should be dated on the spine of the blades, but then you already know that I think!

 

Thanks again. That is a rather nice tulwar, far better quality decoration than many I have encountered. That should clean up nicely!

 

...ain't those just nasty lookin boys !!!!!!!!


( nice for my Blade thread....... & the knife as well.....)

 

Yes Komo, they look kinda nasty don't they!

The French were the first to adopt the yataghan style bayonet in 1840, but within only a few years just about everybody was using them. This lasted until about 1870, when shorter, straight, bayonets sort of became the norm. The original idea, so I undestand it was that as the firearms were still muzzle loaders, the yataghan style blade helped keep the hands away from the blade when ramming the bullet into the barrel. They look nasty, but don't forget that all these fitted on the side of the barrel, so the blade was laid flat. I can only imagine the damage they would have done had they been mounted under the barrel!

The bottom one in the picture below is the 1866 pattern. The upper one is the earlier 1842 pattern, and it is absolutely enomous and extremely heavy! They also produced a later pattern to the 1842, the 1859 pattern, which was the same, but had a slightly different locking system in the hilt. I do have one, but not a photo if it at the moment. The 1866 pattern as Davey has, was much lighter and I presume more manageable when fitted to the rifle.
Within twnety years following the 1866 pattern, most countries had developed other types of bayonet and the yataghan (named after a Turkish type of sword), fell out of favour.




I could well imagine just collecting these fascinating bayonets, there are so many to choose from, from so many different countries.