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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2010, 09:54 PM
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Posted By stephen wood
...those are amulets on his arm - I once saw a...

...those are amulets on his arm - I once saw a kaskara with them attached to the scabbard.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 8th July 2010, 09:52 PM
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Views: 14,505
Posted By stephen wood
...available as one of 12 journals on a CDROM...

...available as one of 12 journals on a CDROM from The Arms and Armour Society - arrived today. Great value at £10 :)
Forum: European Armoury 30th June 2010, 06:17 PM
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Posted By stephen wood
...and Mole was still producing 1796 Light...

...and Mole was still producing 1796 Light Cavalry Sabres for India into the 1880's...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th June 2010, 06:08 PM
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Posted By stephen wood
...yes, it looks like a Beja Dagger. The stick in...

...yes, it looks like a Beja Dagger. The stick in his hair is a Beja custon I think.
Forum: European Armoury 29th June 2010, 11:22 PM
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Posted By stephen wood
...thank you for starting this thread Jim - it's...

...thank you for starting this thread Jim - it's an interesting sword from a number of angles - the turned wooden grip and pommel, which I think is original, is unusual. The only other I recall...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 19th June 2010, 09:23 PM
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Views: 14,505
Posted By stephen wood
Request for Help with Kaskara Research

I am due to make another presentation to the Arms and Armour Society on continuing research into the Kaskara and my tentative classification.

I desperately need a copy of "European Blades in...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th June 2010, 09:17 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 20,301
Posted By stephen wood
...a very interesting subject. There was...

...a very interesting subject. There was certainly a fascination with the yataghan in France at the time that the first yataghan bayonets appeared - the art of the time is full of them.

I think...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 9th June 2010, 08:02 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 46,425
Posted By stephen wood
...I notice that there is no pitting in the...

...I notice that there is no pitting in the ground fullers or on the edges so the grinding was done on a blade (or a piece of spring steel) which was already corroded - like this...
Forum: European Armoury 26th May 2010, 09:35 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 45,361
Posted By stephen wood
...doesn't Elisha Collier appear as a character...

...doesn't Elisha Collier appear as a character in one of Mallinson's Hervey novels? - demonstrates the gun on Hampstead Heath
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th May 2010, 01:30 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,200
Posted By stephen wood
...and the kaskara with the stock marking near...

...and the kaskara with the stock marking near the tip is here (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10917)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th May 2010, 10:55 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 13,200
Posted By stephen wood
...Sheffield Kaskaras? See this...

...Sheffield Kaskaras?

See this (http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=10033&highlight=arms+fair) post :)
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th May 2010, 10:40 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 46,425
Posted By stephen wood
Thank you so much for posting these - we now know...

Thank you so much for posting these - we now know that this mark, noted by Cabot-Briggs over forty years ago on a takouba not a kaskara, was being used as early as the 1880's.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 17th May 2010, 11:45 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,283
Posted By stephen wood
...a very nice one, thanks for posting it. ...

...a very nice one, thanks for posting it.

Here are some similar ones - notice the particular shape and finish of the scabbard - quite angular.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 15th May 2010, 03:24 PM
Replies: 35
Views: 46,425
Posted By stephen wood
...thank you, very interesting. It's so...

...thank you, very interesting.

It's so important to see the examples of kaskara which have been in Regimental Museums for so long - they serve as dating touchstones.

I think that they might...
Forum: European Armoury 7th May 2010, 03:35 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,077
Posted By stephen wood
...actually, comparing the condition of blade and...

...actually, comparing the condition of blade and crossguard, I would say that they had been together a long time. Also, there is little if any trace of filing on the guard - this has become one of...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th May 2010, 01:37 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 42,988
Posted By stephen wood
I was able to find something similar here...

I was able to find something similar here (http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?p=715559)

When I recently took it to an Arms Fair in London most people who saw it thought it looked older...
Forum: European Armoury 7th May 2010, 01:35 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,077
Posted By stephen wood
...thanks for your reply Jim. I was able to...

...thanks for your reply Jim.

I was able to find something similar here (http://forums.swordforum.com/showthread.php?p=715559)

When I recently took it to an Arms Fair in London most people who...
Forum: European Armoury 5th May 2010, 08:09 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,077
Posted By stephen wood
Unknown Armourer's Mark

I found this mark on an old (heavily patinated) and rather short-bladed (32") Kaskara. I have not seen one which seemed quite so old before...

It started life somewhere in Europe, found its way to...
Forum: European Armoury 28th April 2010, 11:06 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 13,293
Posted By stephen wood
...his old comrades at the Arms and Armour...

...his old comrades at the Arms and Armour Society are missing him very much...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 28th April 2010, 10:56 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 10,715
Posted By stephen wood
Boa noite Fernando, I think it's maybe a...

Boa noite Fernando, I think it's maybe a thatchers tool for dried grass roofs like you find in Madeira or a vine dressing tool. I have seen some old tools in Portugal which look like African...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 14th April 2010, 12:40 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 42,988
Posted By stephen wood
mysterious marking on kaskara

I have found this mark on a small (32") and quite old looking kaskara blade.

It is stamped in the fuller, which is forged rather than cut.

It seems quite like the Peter Kull, Solingen mark (a...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th April 2010, 09:59 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 14,448
Posted By stephen wood
...Peter Kull, Solingen maker. Also used marks...

...Peter Kull, Solingen maker. Also used marks below which are found on Takoubas and Kaskaras...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th April 2010, 12:09 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,029
Posted By stephen wood
Hello Jim ...I searched online and actually...

Hello Jim

...I searched online and actually found one reference on this forum. A pistol with the stamp is shown below.

Zaoue supplied arms to Garibaldi - the go-between was Alexandre Dumas... ...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th April 2010, 01:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,029
Posted By stephen wood
...thanks Gav - I don't have it yet but I 'm...

...thanks Gav - I don't have it yet but I 'm looking forward to giving it a clean - 0000 wool and oil.

I've found out that Georges Zaoue was an gun manufacturer based in Marseilles during the...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 6th April 2010, 01:55 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 8,029
Posted By stephen wood
nimcha markings

Does anyone recognise the markings on this nimcha? There is a circular stamp on one side and letters on the other.

The blade is around 34".

Many thanks.
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