A king among takoubas

Iain · 20th October 2012, 09:00 PM

Thanks Colin and Lofty, it's certainly one of the top pieces I own now (thanks again to Stefan for sourcing it and the other wide blade shown in my comparison photo

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In terms of the wear and tear seen on edges - its hard to say what kind of use that's from. Contact with shields or armour, other swords, or just abuse after the items ended up in collections? In this case I discount the latter as the sword has obviously been taken care of. In terms of parrying, what we can see of Tuareg swordsmanship in modern sword dances seems to indicate this could happen. Although the shield played a much larger role.

Iain · 28th October 2012, 11:52 AM

I'd been asked on another venue about weights. So I thought I may as well share some of that here as well.

The big takouba that is the subject of this thread is about 890g. The more average weight for swords in my collection seems to be around 720g.

Another little comparison shot with the smallest profile takouba I have at the moment - which I didn't have a chance to weigh but should be under 700g.

20th October 2012, 09:00 PM	#1
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,719	Thanks Colin and Lofty, it's certainly one of the top pieces I own now (thanks again to Stefan for sourcing it and the other wide blade shown in my comparison photo ). In terms of the wear and tear seen on edges - its hard to say what kind of use that's from. Contact with shields or armour, other swords, or just abuse after the items ended up in collections? In this case I discount the latter as the sword has obviously been taken care of. In terms of parrying, what we can see of Tuareg swordsmanship in modern sword dances seems to indicate this could happen. Although the shield played a much larger role. Last edited by Iain; 20th October 2012 at 09:15 PM.

28th October 2012, 11:52 AM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,719	I'd been asked on another venue about weights. So I thought I may as well share some of that here as well. The big takouba that is the subject of this thread is about 890g. The more average weight for swords in my collection seems to be around 720g. Another little comparison shot with the smallest profile takouba I have at the moment - which I didn't have a chance to weigh but should be under 700g. Attached Images Last edited by Iain; 28th October 2012 at 01:12 PM.