Indians For Guns

Gawd some of them eg: The gold Glock's so hideous. Looks like it belongs to Saddam or some wealthy Sheikh with a bad taste

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Moin.

Moin Saab, the gold plated guns are mostly after market customised pcs. We all have our own preferences and tastes.

Arms have been a statues symbol of kings since the times memorial. Officers of various ranks had to carry either khanjar or a Katar on their waist as a weapon of self defense. The higher the rank of the officer the most exquisite his dagger. Starting from gold and silver to Diamonds studded solid gold.

A Khanjar



A Katar

Farook,

Any details on the second dagger? The Telugu letters say, "Khan". Thanks.

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Vikram

Ofcourse Farooksaab, aesthetics and idea of beauty is very subjective. I was more talking in terms of finesse and class vs inelegance or ostentatious. Check out the swrods belonging to the greatest of Moghul Emperor Akbar vs a sword belonging to King Edward VII.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/ ... bilee.html

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Vikram wrote:Farook,

Any details on the second dagger? The Telugu letters say, "Khan". Thanks.

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Vikram

This one at one point belonged to Tippu Sultan. Inscriptions are at times engraved at a later period.

There could be one explanation to this Vikram. When the British gave an option to Tipu Sultan to surrender to the British Raj he denied saying its better live like a king for one day than a coward for a life time. At this point of time the British allied with the Nizam of Hyderabad to defeat the Sultan. There could be a possibility that after the Shear e Tippu was treacherously killed the pcs would have been handed over to the Nizam of Hyderabad as a solidarity of gratitude.

As the Nizams were surnamed Ali Khan, that would explain it....

Interesting theory,Farook. The Asafjahis' official language was Persian until late 19th century and then Urdu. Interesting how Telugu script found its way onto the dagger. The script itself is not like the one used in those times.Makes for a neat investigation.

The history of souvenir weapons can never be predicted Vikram. They would have changed numerous hands over the centuries. I have seen Tanjavur katars with marati inscriptions

Thanks for sharing farook,the sig with the bear head how do they sight?but some are really cool like the coonan.357,barbers knife and the 1911 with skull.
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dr.jk