A question for Svashtar

[SASSAS]

or anyone else that may know...

I picked up a balance khukri by Sgt. Khadka 13.5" 14oz.

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=388818&highlight=balance

The interesting thing I noticed (it arrived while I was out of town and I only had time to wipe it down with ballistol when I got back), is a swastika (slightly rounded off and with pointed tips) at the end of each Sword of Shiva inlay.

Is this a Sgt. Khadka mark or just a design? It looks like it may be on some of the other of Sgt. Khadkas stuff recently, but I can't make out the marks on the other blade.

 

[Andrew Taylor]

This mentions it in many places

http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/search.php?searchid=764563

and more specifically it seems to be an additional mark (but I'm no expert).

Quote:
Originally Posted by Kismet
as long as the topic was raised,

who uses a cursive, lower-case set of 2 "r's", with the fylfot (swastika)?

I have an absolutely marvelous 12 AK H.I. villager that has perfect weight and handle length by him.

I thought it might have been Amtrak, but he uses block, upper-case letters. These are CURSIVE.

?

anybody?anybody?anybody?


Raju Rasaili, the "RailRoad Kami."

 

[Kismet]

It is Fylfot.


. The device has a long history stretching back into pagan times and represents the sun and its daily passage across the heavens. It was derived from a design which showed the spokes of a wheel and which, in turn, represented the rays of the sun. Because of this it has been described as a solar wheel and was a symbol of pagan sun worship. Related symbols are the cross and the fylfot, or four-legged swastika.

These sun symbols were used by early races of Aryan stock from Scandinavia to Persia and India. They were intended to represent the sun and as such were associated with the worship of Aryan sun gods. Similar devices have been found on the monumental remains of the ancient Mexican and Peruvian civilisations, and on objects excavated from prehistoric burial mounds in the USA. Other examples have been identified in China, Japan and Tibet.

The swastika was a very early decorative device used in India and was also found in ancient Greece and on many altars in Rome. In Scandinavia the swastika was used to represent the hammer of the Norse god Thor and in this capacity it was depicted on carved stone crosses. In the Isle of Man it is found on several Norse crosses such as one at Onchan which dates from around the 10th century A.

 

[Svashtar]

With Kismet around obviously you don't need to ask me! What a great post.

I've always thought it was a shame that such an ancient religious symbol was co-opted by the Nazis and subseqently tainted forever.

BTW, I haven't seen these decorative marks on any of Sgt. Khadka's stuff that I have so far.

Norm

 

[SASSAS]

BTW, I haven't seen these decorative marks on any of Sgt. Khadka's stuff that I have so far.

Norm

That's what I was getting at. It looks like there is something at the end of the Sword of Shiva on his most recent stuff, but I can't make it out on the pictures. It looks to me like there may be devengali script in the same place on the villagers...