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Old 18th July 2010, 02:27 AM   #7
Jim McDougall
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Originally Posted by stephen wood
...yes, a foreign blade locally hilted.

This photo appears to show a "Southern" type Takouba but is not from the region one might expect and the two "Southern" types discussed here Etude de 2 Takouba are old and are also from Algeria.


Thank you for linking the excellent work of Louis-Pierre Cavaille!!!
He really did some outstanding research and well presented.
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