[Peter Hudson]

One of my questions is related to the sorts of point profile on several Takouba blades which appear to have a chipped off or chisell point ... I note that the Takouba is not a sword for stabbing or jabbing with the point... It is primarily in what appears to be 8 different strokes for slashing with. Having a sharp point would thus seem to be not required...
Is this why points on several blades are squared off...or chiselled?

I note that since it was considered unlucky or simply forbidden to touch iron the hilts were covered in either another metal such as brass or silver or more usually in leather .

As an edit to this post I have to add that since the tip of the Takouba is a word meaning Tongue it follows that there was no requirement for the point to be ...pointy..!! The Takouba is primarily a slashing sword thus the tip is largely not a stabbing tip... Many of the tips are actually rounded... There are as many ending in a sort of Chisell tip and occasionally there are points formed. The fact that its not called a point but is a Tongue seems relevant.



Peter Hudson.




Peter Hudson.