Cold Steel 88EITB Talwar Sword 28-3/4" Carbon Steel Blade, Leather Scabbard

Specifications: Blade Length: 28 3/4" Overall Length: 33 7/8" Blade Thickness: 1/3" Steel: 1090 High Carbon Weight: 38 oz Handle: 5 1/8" Scabbard: Leather / Wood Scabbard with Brass Fitting For over a century, most of the Western world has remained convinced that a point-oriented, thrusting sword is superior to an edge-oriented cutting sword. There are, however, a series of books by D.A. Kinsley that cast a skeptical light on this running debate. Kinsley recounts numerous incidents (collected form battlefields throughout the British Empire) where cutting swords proved equal, if not superior, to thrusting swords in deciding the outcome of a skirmish.our President, Lynn C. Thompson was encouraged by Mr. Kinsley's ideas and after considering all the evidence decided to produce one of the best cutting swords ever devised: The Indian Talwar.Taking a cue from the most experienced Indian Swordsmen of the past, and the Pindari chief of old, Amir Khan, Lynn has combined a strongly curved Britis