Hi all,
I am disappointed to note the precipitate and unexplained closure of the thread which I started - and in the absense of any other explanation being offered, find myself in agreement with the observations of conogre and nachesh on the 'Closed Threads' thread (itself now closed in an almost Orwellian manner
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Tom - I'm sorry the 'elephant' thread was closed before I had a chance to respond to your interesting comments on the evolution of the kaskara. I would have liked to continue the flow of that thread by noting a description of the Mahdi's symbolic sword which was reckoned to have been a Crusading relic. Oh well...........
Ciao,
GAC