Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - An Old Unusual CURVED, Single Edge, Taureg Takouba Sword

Iain · 24th November 2015, 04:44 PM

This should be from the Cameroon border region. This was sold earlier this year at auction with another (straight bladed) takouba and both have wound up on eBay.

I've had a few of these over the years and if I'm allowed I will post a link to where you can view a few others.

http://takouba.org/catalog/index.php.../curved-blades

Sword #90 on that link I posted on the forum a while back and is quite similar to yours. I like these, they have a nice feeling in the hand. The curved blades are a rare, but known element of takouba design.

24th November 2015, 04:44 PM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,708	This should be from the Cameroon border region. This was sold earlier this year at auction with another (straight bladed) takouba and both have wound up on eBay. I've had a few of these over the years and if I'm allowed I will post a link to where you can view a few others. http://takouba.org/catalog/index.php.../curved-blades Sword #90 on that link I posted on the forum a while back and is quite similar to yours. I like these, they have a nice feeling in the hand. The curved blades are a rare, but known element of takouba design.