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Trevor Calder
I've just bought a tulwar - certainly not new (I'd guess probably late 19th/early 20th century and Punjabi in origin) and since it was covered in crud I cleaned it up a little.
As I was doing so, I found a couple of very small mother of pearl beads in the resin used to set the blade into the hilt.
It looks as though something like a small bracelet of these beads was set in place when the sword was made. This is the first time I've seen this and none of my normal books mention it.
I can guess the usual sort of vague stuff like "for good luck" or "religious purposes" myself - but I'd be interested if anyone has any real information on why this might have been done.
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"..it is foolishness and endless trouble to cast a
stone at every dog that barks at you.."
As I was doing so, I found a couple of very small mother of pearl beads in the resin used to set the blade into the hilt.
It looks as though something like a small bracelet of these beads was set in place when the sword was made. This is the first time I've seen this and none of my normal books mention it.
I can guess the usual sort of vague stuff like "for good luck" or "religious purposes" myself - but I'd be interested if anyone has any real information on why this might have been done.
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"..it is foolishness and endless trouble to cast a
stone at every dog that barks at you.."