bichwa...with sheath & more pics

marthandan · Post by **marthandan** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:59 am

Olly wrote:Nice one... Lucky you to lay your hands on the beauty !!

thank you. not sure what you meant. but i made the knife.

marthandan · Post by **marthandan** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:03 am

more pics...

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brihacharan · Post by **brihacharan** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:23 pm

Hi Marty,
> Great job man - exquisite looking

> Have you made a sheath for it?
Briha

brihacharan · Post by **brihacharan** » Mon Apr 22, 2013 3:38 pm

brihacharan wrote:Hi Marty,
> Great job man - exquisite looking
> Have you made a sheath for it?
Briha

> Sorry didn't notice the sheath close to the Bichwa

> I presume you used cow hide for the sheath & hand stitched it!
> Great going

Briha

TC · Post by TC » Mon Apr 22, 2013 4:43 pm

marthandan wrote:@ TC da...thank you. not sure if the rampuri is worth restoring. the blade material is MS (junk)
@ brihaji...thank you. sand till they are gone. i couldnt remove them completely as that would have meant no blade at all.
@ essdee...thank you. i think kalashnikov meant an horizontal "L". never a fan of that handle shape. moreover, the bichwa is an indian design (AFAI could research). the mughals adopted it later and gave it their handle.

more pics...as promised and this time i didn't take the pics
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the sheathed knife is giving me ideas
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Marthandan,
This is a treat for sore eyes ..... thank you and keep using the services of this photographer

Cheers
TC

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