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Old 6th July 2013, 09:54 AM   #2
Iain
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Nice pieces Colin.

Interestingly, on the hooked design, according to Ed's paper on the Kassala industry, this is known as a "soat'al" and was first made in 1916.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=12845 (it's on page 42 of the PDF)

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