My first kaskara

Mefidk · 24th June 2012, 05:56 PM

Congratulations on your first kaskara, and what a beauty too!

This form of blade does indeed seem to be rare, and what interests me about yours is that it seems to have a ricasso, suggesting that it was European in origin. These blades seem to be heavily modified by local smiths and the ricasso is often removed totally.

Hopefully Ed will chime in with a definitive answer on Kassala or elsewhere.

I've seen this figure "2" on a few other examples, but I am rather intrigued about what it might represent - sadly I don't know

Chris

24th June 2012, 05:56 PM	#2
Mefidk Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Denmark Posts: 157	Congratulations on your first kaskara, and what a beauty too! This form of blade does indeed seem to be rare, and what interests me about yours is that it seems to have a ricasso, suggesting that it was European in origin. These blades seem to be heavily modified by local smiths and the ricasso is often removed totally. Hopefully Ed will chime in with a definitive answer on Kassala or elsewhere. I've seen this figure "2" on a few other examples, but I am rather intrigued about what it might represent - sadly I don't know Chris