India, British Protectorate. A Talwar C.1890

Sword with a steel blade, magnetic, with a very sharp edge and a semi-sharp tip, the fuller running almost three-quarters the length of the sword on both sides, name engraved on the flat spine where it butts the crossguard, the blade having experienced numerous nicks and spurs, likely due to non-defensive use (possible forestry), along with extensive surface wear, the blade measuring approximately 580 mm in length. The blade is affixed to the hilt by a very powerful adhesive resin, the hilt itself consisting of the handle and crossguard in silvered iron, magnetic, the crossguard with flared ends along with a protruding point in the centre on both sides. This type of hilt is often referred to as a "disc hilt", due to the prominent disc-shaped flange surrounding the pommel, the pommel itself incorporating an integral ring, the talwar measuring 690 mm in length overall. The body of the accompanying scabbard is composed of two pieces of wood and wrapped in a black leather, the upper incorporating a patterned design on the locket, exhibiting extensive wear, fragmentation and crazing in the leather, the tip having broken off and been lost to time, exposing the underlying substructure, the scabbard measuring 600 in length as it currently stands. Poor.

Footnote: The talwar (also spelled talwaar and tulwar), is a type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian subcontinent. The word talwar originated from the Sanskrit word taravāri, which means "one-edged sword".

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