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8th July 2024, 02:28 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2023
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ring shaped pommel
Is there a proper form of handle construction on the Kaskara?Most of the Kaskara that I have seen have a ring shaped pommel. Neither of mine have this. Granted the handle is damaged but the handle does not look like one was there. The wood is smooth and aged showing no signs of it have being broken. It also shows no sign of a pommel ever having been attached to the sword like many pommels are. I would like to restore my hilts but don't want to start until I have an understanding of exactly how it was originally put together. Thanks.
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8th July 2024, 05:05 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2004
Location: Upstate New York, USA
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In some cases, the disc pommel is a strip of leather wound around over itself, see this old posting.
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8th July 2024, 05:55 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Room 101, Glos. UK
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As Lee shows in his link, kaskara generally have a flat disk pommel that looks much like a checker game piece.
This is a 'ring pommel' Vietnamese Truong Dao. Some Irish and other nations were known to have 'ring pommel' swords. Also, another picture of one of my karkaras. |
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