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

zalmoxis · 19th October 2006, 09:30 PM

I still think the best piece you have is that spear:-).
You have a Kaskara there with a nice blade.
I have never seen a Takouba with makers mark. Again I might be wrong but your blade might be European too. Out of many blades I have sold there were only 2-3 that have this kind of fuller and were heavy. Prior to 1900 when he Tuaregs were defeated by the French their power over the desert was almost absolute. They were requesting fees from caravans. Why not pay them with cheap blades from Europe? Again Spring says they have many European blades.

19th October 2006, 09:30 PM	#15
zalmoxis Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: GA USA Posts: 76	I still think the best piece you have is that spear:-). You have a Kaskara there with a nice blade. I have never seen a Takouba with makers mark. Again I might be wrong but your blade might be European too. Out of many blades I have sold there were only 2-3 that have this kind of fuller and were heavy. Prior to 1900 when he Tuaregs were defeated by the French their power over the desert was almost absolute. They were requesting fees from caravans. Why not pay them with cheap blades from Europe? Again Spring says they have many European blades.