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Tim Simmons · 18th February 2008, 07:23 AM

It might at first sound a little far fetched but could these European/ German? blades we call Kaskara appear in the Malay and Borneo region as a consequence of the Napoleonic French interest in the region. I only thought of this as I have a Batak sword with the long unfullered 1795-1815 dragoon sabre blade. Napoleon installed a Dutch governor in Bali. The British keen to stop any further French influence may have been supplying a great amount of blades.

18th February 2008, 07:23 AM	#20
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,844	It might at first sound a little far fetched but could these European/ German? blades we call Kaskara appear in the Malay and Borneo region as a consequence of the Napoleonic French interest in the region. I only thought of this as I have a Batak sword with the long unfullered 1795-1815 dragoon sabre blade. Napoleon installed a Dutch governor in Bali. The British keen to stop any further French influence may have been supplying a great amount of blades.