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Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 26th January 2009, 12:51 AM
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Posted By stephen wood
...sorry for the confusion David - I posted the...

...sorry for the confusion David - I posted the D.Peres image to illustrate that the tang usually has a hole - it's not the blade in question but a previous post.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th January 2009, 10:52 PM
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Views: 21,062
Posted By stephen wood
...thanks Jim. I took the dating with a pinch of...

...thanks Jim. I took the dating with a pinch of salt...

What about the tang? Isn't there usually a hole to secure the hilt? (see image) Also the tang looks like it was added rather than being an...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 25th January 2009, 10:08 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 21,062
Posted By stephen wood
etched kaskara blade?

...here I go again :)

Just finished on Ebay - a museum apparently told the seller that it was mid 17th century...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd January 2009, 10:13 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 52,336
Posted By stephen wood
...some more images of the hilt - is it sheet...

...some more images of the hilt - is it sheet metal welded together rather than wrought? Also I think that there might have originally been a cap on the pommel
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd January 2009, 12:25 AM
Replies: 46
Views: 52,336
Posted By stephen wood
...I am certain that the blade is from India - I...

...I am certain that the blade is from India - I have something very similar (no eyelashes) with a typical tulwar hilt. As for grinding a single-edged blade (with, maybe, a false edge) into a double...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th January 2009, 10:47 PM
Replies: 46
Views: 52,336
Posted By stephen wood
kaskara konundrum

...just finished on Ebay: sukhela blade with eyelash markings, sudanese silver (?) hilt decorations, strange crossguard.

What do you make of it?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 12th January 2009, 08:46 PM
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Views: 3,508
Posted By stephen wood
Inscription on sudanese dagger

...I wonder if anyone could decipher the inscription on this Sudanese dagger (the upper one in the picture with two).

I assume they're Sudanese, that is...

Many thanks
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 7th January 2009, 08:46 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 11,209
Posted By stephen wood
...saw this one. I almost messaged the seller but...

...saw this one. I almost messaged the seller but decided not to poke my nose in :rolleyes:
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th January 2009, 08:14 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,669
Posted By stephen wood
...thanks Lew.

...thanks Lew.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 5th January 2009, 07:49 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 11,669
Posted By stephen wood
Tebu (?) knife, "fishtail" scabbard

...this knife/shortsword - blade 12" - has a "fishtail" form scabbard, otherwise, usually identified as Tebu...

Is anyone familiar with the form?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st November 2008, 12:30 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
...I have just found this thread: ...

...I have just found this thread:

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=4117&highlight=omdurman+manding

- this piece is very similar to mine and has the typical decorations associated...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st October 2008, 04:47 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
...I took the sword in to show some of my...

...I took the sword in to show some of my students - a man from Guinea whose first language is Bambara had seen the type before and he called it a sabre (French pronunciation) and said that they are...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th October 2008, 06:03 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
...come to think of it, the blade would not be...

...come to think of it, the blade would not be out of place on a Scots basket hilt - German trade blades hilted locally and sold on to tribal people...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th October 2008, 12:47 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
...very interesting. I have students from Burkina...

...very interesting. I have students from Burkina Faso, Mali, Guinea, Senegal - maybe it's time I did a show and tell with some of my pieces :)

The triple-fullered trade blades must have been...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2008, 11:38 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
Thanks...that explains the 1822 Cavalry Sabres...

Thanks...that explains the 1822 Cavalry Sabres rehilted takouba style, and so on...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2008, 10:39 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
...who used trade blades?

...who used trade blades?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd October 2008, 10:00 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 16,745
Posted By stephen wood
Unusual African Broadsword

Hello

I recently came across this sword - just over 37" long, a kaskara type blade, no crossguard and leatherwork of the kind usually found on Manding swords.

Has anyone seen one like this...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th October 2008, 05:32 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 7,359
Posted By stephen wood
there is a town (?) in eastern Nigeria called...

there is a town (?) in eastern Nigeria called Dukari

I have one with realistic moons rather than the abstracted ones most often found on takoubas. Whoever stamped them had a separate stamp for...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 20th August 2008, 08:19 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 4,992
Posted By stephen wood
arm dagger?

...this looks to be some kind of arm dagger...does anyone recognise the type?

many thanks
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 1st August 2008, 02:53 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,386
Posted By stephen wood
dances with kaskaras...

...if you type "sudanese sword" into youtube.com you can see a lot of kaskaras being waved about...some in Eritrea as well. "Barantu Cultural Show" is particularly interesting.

Part of a living...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 31st July 2008, 12:04 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,386
Posted By stephen wood
...many thanks. Here is another kaskara -...

...many thanks.

Here is another kaskara - quite different with a much thinner and slightly longer blade. The moons are stamped - different from the abstracted forms usually found.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 30th July 2008, 11:13 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 14,386
Posted By stephen wood
kaskara - brass quillons

When I recently found this kaskara I was surprised to see that it has brass quillons - they are usually iron/steel, are they not?

The brass is cast and it is ROUGH! The blade itself (32.5") looks...
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 24th July 2008, 04:32 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,016
Posted By stephen wood
...many thanks for your help. when it...

...many thanks for your help.

when it arrives I will post more images and dimensions. Presumably the index finger was looped over the quillon?
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 23rd July 2008, 02:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 17,016
Posted By stephen wood
how curved can a tulwar be? (before it becomes a shamshir)

Hello,

on finding this tulwar I was quite impressed by the amount of curve at the beginning of the false edge - does anyone recognize the particular type?

Many thanks.
Forum: Ethnographic Weapons 4th July 2008, 11:53 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 6,541
Posted By stephen wood
On closer examination it's a stamp, identical on...

On closer examination it's a stamp, identical on both sides of the blade which is very light and flexible - quite similar to a 1796 Light Cavalry sabre in some respects.
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