Could anybody help with Id of the sword ?

Gavin Nugent · 4th August 2010, 02:05 AM

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Originally Posted by fernando

Wow Jim,

What a magnificent section of your treatise on "African" sword blades, in your post #15.

'Nando

Indeed, bravo!!!

Gav

PS I preferred the book

Jim McDougall · 4th August 2010, 03:33 PM

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.

4th August 2010, 03:33 PM	#2
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 9,794	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.