A mini takouba

[Iain]

This was came to me in very rough condition entirely covered in thick, heavy rust.

I cleaned it up for a bit of fun, its not a great sword, poor local blade, but the pommel is a nice big one with brass content.

I would hazard a guess this is from around the Cameroon border regions. Martin posted a similar one of a similar size some years back. Although his was much nicer I think!