Kaskara - help with translation please?

Jeff D · 2nd May 2009, 12:20 AM

Hi Stephen,

No I got this one quite a few years ago, it was about to be taken apart to have its "original" crusader style hilt placed on it

. I did see a similar one on Artzi's site a few years ago. The inlay was added to the original makers marks later, most likely locally. It appears to be a red gold. The example you show is not the deaths head mark it is a swallow tail butterfly for a yet unknown maker. The only death's head I have seen is on this thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=skull+kull this is apparently on a kilij which doesn't make sense, unless it was converted to a kilij from a original broad sword. Unfortunately Teodor was not able to show the blade to confirm this.

All the Best
Jeff

2nd May 2009, 12:20 AM	#9
Jeff D Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 473	Hi Stephen, No I got this one quite a few years ago, it was about to be taken apart to have its "original" crusader style hilt placed on it . I did see a similar one on Artzi's site a few years ago. The inlay was added to the original makers marks later, most likely locally. It appears to be a red gold. The example you show is not the deaths head mark it is a swallow tail butterfly for a yet unknown maker. The only death's head I have seen is on this thread http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ght=skull+kull this is apparently on a kilij which doesn't make sense, unless it was converted to a kilij from a original broad sword. Unfortunately Teodor was not able to show the blade to confirm this. All the Best Jeff