Unusual takouba

Iain · 27th May 2015, 09:46 AM

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Originally Posted by spiral

Love the sandwich!

It really is an oddly effective way of mounting blades and is quite sturdy. A few more I have/had like this...

Iain · 29th May 2015, 06:43 PM

The French source arrived (Touareg ahaggar - collections ethnographiques du musée du bardo. Reliure inconnue). For completeness in the thread I thought I'd post an image of the sword in the book. A very near match for mine and almost entirely the same in the mount and hilt design.

29th May 2015, 06:43 PM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,719	The French source arrived (Touareg ahaggar - collections ethnographiques du musée du bardo. Reliure inconnue). For completeness in the thread I thought I'd post an image of the sword in the book. A very near match for mine and almost entirely the same in the mount and hilt design. Attached Images