The forum file below contains an anthropological paper I wrote in 1984 about the Sword and Knife Market in Kassala, Sudan. The market really resonated with me as a place where people were actively fabricating with hand technology classical weapons that were in comtempory use. It was a blast to translate my experiences to paper.
The manuscript then mostly languished in a drawer for some 25 years until I came across the EAA Forum. Here on the Forum are others better informed than I on the varieties of the Kaskara, and I thought I'd share my work with others of similiar interest.
Lee Jones dressed up my crudely typed version and turned it into a much more presentable piece. Many thanks to Lee!!
http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/hunley/kassala.pdf
Best regards,
Edster