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Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 2
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Does any one of this group have an approximate value for this piece, I assume he'll want to dispose of it since it isn't extremely old?????
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Member
Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: USA
Posts: 1,725
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If anyone would like to opine as to value, please do so via PM or email. Thanks.
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,145
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Finally I don't understand this blade is Ethiopian or not?
If it is Ethiopian, the blade should be from the 19th and not 20th? I' confused here... Thanks for help
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Vikingsword Staff
Join Date: Nov 2004
Posts: 6,376
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It will be interesting to hear comments from our members ten years on .....
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Member
Join Date: Jan 2011
Posts: 1,134
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Looks like a fairly standard "Kaskara" blade, probably 19th C. trade blade made in Europe. The pierced short tang is typical of these Sudanese swords.
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Member
Join Date: Jun 2013
Posts: 2,145
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Thanks, I agree for Kaskara.
I saw on different forums that these blades are Ethiopian from the beginning of 20th c. And I read that Sudanese reused a lot of Ethiopian blade in the 19th c. Also the Ethiopian blades were in fact produced in Germany and the UK. What a mess! I would like to know more on this particularf type of blade...
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