North Indian C.1800 Pulouar Fighting Sword

North Indian c.1800 Pulouar Fighting Sword

A complete and original example of a North Indian Pulouar fighting sword. With a slender, silvered hilt and heavy duty and multi-fullered fighting blade. The Pulouar sword is a very distinctive Indian fighting weapon and is very much distinguished by its elegant, downward-pointing quillons. The sheer weight of this curved blade would have been extremely devastating when used either on horseback or just swinging at an opponent in a slashing motion. It comes complete with its original leather and steel mounted scabbard – this is quite rare and most examples encountered tend to be without their scabbard or have had replacements made much later in their lives. It is interesting to note that there appears to be a loose object stuck in the hollow pommel – there is a theory that warriors who used this type of sword would have a small jewel placed inside during its manufacture so that if caught in enemy territory, they could use the jewel as a form of currency – can’t say what is in the pommel but there is definitely something there!