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Join Date: May 2008
Location: Czech Republic
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Thank you very much for this very interesting and nicely written essay and shearing your knowledge !
I donīt have anything to add, and, unfortunately, I also donīt have this kind of sword. I hope you wouldnīt mind if I post here picture of some another blades collected in north Nigeria/Cameroon borderland. Martin |
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Join Date: May 2017
Location: France
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You're welcome Martin, my pleasure !
That's quite the selection you have here, I really like the Chamba (?) and takouba like ones ! |
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate New York, USA
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Here is a delightfully colorful example with a typical blade with quite deeply cut fullers on one side, but with mounts retaining many takouba features:
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Thanks Lee, that's an amazing specimen you got there ! Really interesting to see this kind of hybrid type existed
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