Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - A Nice Takouba just finished on eBay....Euro blade?

zalmoxis · 19th October 2006, 08:24 PM

Can anybody tell me with a real argument why this blade is not European?
Can they tell me which part of the Africa was ever capable to produce a thick blade with 2 real fullers, maybe the Tuareg blacksmiths

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Has anybody seen a Tuareg sword with European blade that had the maker mark still on it? I have not seen on any of the 30-40 swords that passed my hand such blade or in any book.
The Tuareg made blades are flat and very elastic usually with 3 scratched decorative fullers in the way Kaskara blades are but much lighter or with no fuller at all, the ones made in Northern Nigeria in the 20th century.
This blade is 1/8 inches thick and very heavy.
Gentlemen please open your books and let me know, not only what you feel it might be but what you KNOW it is

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artotec

19th October 2006, 08:24 PM	#8
zalmoxis Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA USA Posts: 76	Can anybody tell me with a real argument why this blade is not European? Can they tell me which part of the Africa was ever capable to produce a thick blade with 2 real fullers, maybe the Tuareg blacksmiths . Has anybody seen a Tuareg sword with European blade that had the maker mark still on it? I have not seen on any of the 30-40 swords that passed my hand such blade or in any book. The Tuareg made blades are flat and very elastic usually with 3 scratched decorative fullers in the way Kaskara blades are but much lighter or with no fuller at all, the ones made in Northern Nigeria in the 20th century. This blade is 1/8 inches thick and very heavy. Gentlemen please open your books and let me know, not only what you feel it might be but what you KNOW it is . artotec