Printed from Woolley & Wallis

Description

A good Pashtun sword (pulwar), broad curved blade 29 in. with 9 in. false back edge, three narrow fullers to each side and a further short groove to the back near the hilt, impressed decoration to one side; all steel hilt of characteristic form with long langets, down-turned quillons, a swell to the grip and a large spiral fluted pommel representing a lotus seed head, grip with longitudinal ridges.