Kirash
| Kirash | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | sword |
| Designations: | Kirash, Karash |
| Use: | weapon |
| Creation time: | around 18th century |
| Working time: | til today |
| Region of origin / author: |
India , warrior chest |
| Distribution: | India |
| Overall length: | about 91 cm |
| Blade length: | about 70 cm |
| Handle: | Steel, silver-plated, gold-plated |
| Lists on the subject | |
The kirash (also kirasch , karash ) is a sword from India .
description
The kirash is a variety of the talwar . It has a straight, double-edged blade. The blades are available in different versions. Some are hollow, some are flat. The blade runs slightly narrowing from the handle to the place . The blade has a back edge that runs several centimeters from the location to the handle. Like the blade, the handle is available in two different versions. Version I is the handle of Talwar, Version II is the handle of Khanda . The Talwar version of the booklet is available with and without a hand guard. The kirash is used by warrior castes in India.
Individual evidence
literature
- George Cameron Stone , Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times , Courier Dover Publications, 1999, ISBN 978-0-486-40726-5
- Lord Egerton of Tatton, Wilbraham Egerton Egerton, Indian and Oriental Armor , Courier Dover Publications, 2002, ISBN 978-0-486-42229-9 edition
- E. Jaiwant Paul, Arms and Armor: Traditional Weapons of India , Roli Books, 2005, ISBN 978-81-7436-340-4
Web links
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