Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Two Interesting Curved Kaskara Swords From the Sudan

Jeff D · 8th February 2010, 11:23 PM

Hi Charles,

Those are two very interesting Kaskaras. The first one does indeed have a European blade which dates by the sun / moon motifs to the late 18th, early 19th century. Almost assuredly from Solingen Germany.
The most interesting thing about them is the saber form. I watched the first one go on E-bay. The saber feature that attracted me to it was also the one that prevented me from bidding any higher on it. I thought I had seen them in saber form before, but, when the bidding was going on I couldn't locate the source. I think the second example you have came from the same seller? do you or anyone else know of any other saber Kaskaras? It might also help to locate the source for the unusual hilt.

All the Best
Jeff

8th February 2010, 11:23 PM	#7
Jeff D Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: B.C. Canada Posts: 473	Hi Charles, Those are two very interesting Kaskaras. The first one does indeed have a European blade which dates by the sun / moon motifs to the late 18th, early 19th century. Almost assuredly from Solingen Germany. The most interesting thing about them is the saber form. I watched the first one go on E-bay. The saber feature that attracted me to it was also the one that prevented me from bidding any higher on it. I thought I had seen them in saber form before, but, when the bidding was going on I couldn't locate the source. I think the second example you have came from the same seller? do you or anyone else know of any other saber Kaskaras? It might also help to locate the source for the unusual hilt. All the Best Jeff