Kaskara with a peculiar maker mark

[A.alnakkas]

Originally Posted by werecow

That double fuller going into a quadruple fuller reminds me of this Aceh peudeung blade, except for the tip and the smaller ricasso. Does anyone know if these Indonesian sword blades were inspired by those (presumably older) blades? It seems a bit specific to be a coincidence.

what an attractive blade. Can you post dimensions? as far as I know, most of this type of blade are pattern welded, but some, very rarely, are wootz.

[werecow]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

what an attractive blade. Can you post dimensions? as far as I know, most of this type of blade are pattern welded, but some, very rarely, are wootz.

Sure! I'll create a separate thread for it actually so as to not hijack this one (though I'd still be interested in the connection between the blades).