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3rd August 2010, 06:11 PM
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Wow Jim,
What a magnificent section of your treatise on "African" sword blades, in your post #15.  'Nando |
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3rd August 2010, 08:50 PM
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Thank you so much Nando!!! That means a lot to hear, and I spent quite a few hours going through old notes, references and rechecking before I came to a comprehensible stage to write it..................geez...I coulda just watched some movies instead???!!!~ but I liked "The Thirteenth Warrior" lots better than the somewhat dated "The Long Ships"  Thank you again Nando for the Kind words, very much appreciated. All the best, Jim |
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4th August 2010, 02:05 AM
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Gav PS I preferred the book |
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4th August 2010, 03:33 PM
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Thanks very much Gav!
It looks like Martin, ISPN and David's ideas toward this being a sword from Congo, Mandara (Cameroon) regions and a Sahelian sword with takouba like characteristics are pretty much on target. I really enjoyed the research and discussion, and as always, feel like I learned more on the swords of these regions......thank you Martin for sharing this here! Also, as always, I hope the readers will benefit from the discussion here, and thanks to those who participated. |
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