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stephen wood · 4th October 2008, 05:32 PM

there is a town (?) in eastern Nigeria called Dukari

I have one with realistic moons rather than the abstracted ones most often found on takoubas. Whoever stamped them had a separate stamp for left and right - the first one in the thread is the same repeated.

I have heard it said that no European maker used opposed moons - however we have all seen eyelash/eyebrow or other semicircular/elliptical marks upon blades from Europe and India, have we not?

If a blade were worn and sharpened over time the faces of the moons would disappear leaving...the semi-elliptical backs.

http://www.traveljournals.net/explor...45/dukari.html

4th October 2008, 05:32 PM	#3
stephen wood Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 227	there is a town (?) in eastern Nigeria called Dukari I have one with realistic moons rather than the abstracted ones most often found on takoubas. Whoever stamped them had a separate stamp for left and right - the first one in the thread is the same repeated. I have heard it said that no European maker used opposed moons - however we have all seen eyelash/eyebrow or other semicircular/elliptical marks upon blades from Europe and India, have we not? If a blade were worn and sharpened over time the faces of the moons would disappear leaving...the semi-elliptical backs. http://www.traveljournals.net/explor...45/dukari.html Attached Images Last edited by stephen wood; 4th October 2008 at 05:49 PM.