Fine Wootz Tulwar, Jodhpur Rajput Sudanese Nice dual-tone hilt

Nice dual-tone hilt

who served as an officer in the 97th Regiment of Foot (The Earl of Ulster's Regiment) before becoming Captain and Adjutant of the 1st South Durham Militia

A great object dating back to the famous Sengoku Jidai (Warring States Period)

Marked "No 67" on the scabbard

Victorian P1845 Infantry Officer's Sword by Thurkle

Fine Wootz Tulwar, Jodhpur Rajput Sudanese Nice dual-tone hiltA great fighting blade made from high quality wootz. The steel was lap welded and the wootz pattern is intact at the weld, although it is generally thought that wootz will lose its pattern if it is heated to high temperatures. In order to accomplish a lap weld like this it should be heated to around the melting point, usually around 1370 degrees Celsius for steel. Lap welds like these are a desirable feature on blades, and they were seen as