Ed, thank you for the third installment of your research on kaskaras. You have done a great job summarizing and explaining the blade types and local terminology.
I completely agree with you that the most likely source of imported blades initially were surplus old blades from European armories, and that in the 19th century the earlier symbols were copied locally on Solingen produced blanks. I have a sword that illustrates a local copy of a running wolf:
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=7376
There is one more blade type with two or three parallel fullers of medium width and equal length, such as in the threads below:
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=16092
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=21372
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=23900
In previous discussions these have been described as Eritrean, but the one I have is in a Sudanese dress. What is your opinion on these?
Regards,
Teodor