Two Takouba Questions

Pertinax · 20th December 2025, 10:02 PM

Congratulations, Rob, a very interesting and beautiful sword.
We discussed these hallmarks:
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=30639

JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF HISTORICAL WEAPONS
HISTORICAL WEAPONS No. 1 2015
EDUARD von LENZ
A FEW WORDS ABOUT ANCIENT COLD WEAPONS
Page 150-151
IV. Italian Masters. "Gurda".
The Italian masters, in contrast to the Solingen and German masters in general, comparatively rarely branded their blades, and if they did, they usually used small marks of a simple form (Fig. 11), which, as far as is known, belonged to the workshops of the cities of Genoa, Brescia, Milan and Belluno and did not constitute the personal property of certain masters.

20th December 2025, 10:02 PM	#2
Pertinax Member Join Date: Dec 2023 Location: City by the Black Sea Posts: 316	Congratulations, Rob, a very interesting and beautiful sword. We discussed these hallmarks: http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=30639 JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY OF HISTORICAL WEAPONS HISTORICAL WEAPONS No. 1 2015 EDUARD von LENZ A FEW WORDS ABOUT ANCIENT COLD WEAPONS Page 150-151 IV. Italian Masters. "Gurda". The Italian masters, in contrast to the Solingen and German masters in general, comparatively rarely branded their blades, and if they did, they usually used small marks of a simple form (Fig. 11), which, as far as is known, belonged to the workshops of the cities of Genoa, Brescia, Milan and Belluno and did not constitute the personal property of certain masters. Attached Images