Takoubavariant?

[Iain]

Originally Posted by kronckew

Your expertise is of course telling. I'll consider it a Stage Combat prop 'Viking' sword with a takouba style blade.



might be of interest to Jim in his stage combat thread in miscellanea.


Thanks, I'm always willing to learn, especially from my mistooks.
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Its a well made thing at any rate and perhaps sturdier than many takouba I've handled! When you get it in hand it will be interesting to see if there's anything else the blade can tell us.

I've lost track of the number of kaskara I've seen messed about with to make them look like "medieval" swords, but there's been a few similar takouba. One of the oddest was actually using a takouba hilt but it was mounted to a lightweight blade that was stamped for a German theatre.