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Old 20th December 2021, 01:52 PM   #2
Edster
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Nice kaskara. Likely imported blade. Any marks under langets? Being rigid it wasn't made of lorry spring steel widely used post-British conquest. Don't know how to assess cracks on top of crossguard.

The 1239/1824 date could commemorate the end of the Turko-Egyptian 1820-24 conquest of Sudan, though it may not actually be from that date, but why not? Blade looks too clean to be that old. See Wiki article re the first conquest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turco-...0%E2%80%931824)

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