Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Markings on a Takouba-mounted European Backsword

blue lander · 26th May 2016, 06:46 PM

I should mention the upper half of this sword is double edged. This might be an alteration made in Africa but it seems to me it was made this way.

Another unusual feature is the fuller at the bottom of the ricosso. I don't recall seeing any other backswords with a fuller there.

26th May 2016, 06:46 PM	#69
blue lander Member Join Date: Nov 2013 Posts: 456	I should mention the upper half of this sword is double edged. This might be an alteration made in Africa but it seems to me it was made this way. Another unusual feature is the fuller at the bottom of the ricosso. I don't recall seeing any other backswords with a fuller there.