Sword (African?)

Jim McDougall · 19th October 2023, 04:27 PM

Totally agree, actually a nice Sudanese blade with good 'dukari' moons, and the crossguard which unfortunately has lost the langet.

At the best, this could be one of the many kaskara 'bringbacks' from the Sudanese campaigns, which well through the century suffered being dismantled to create 'crusader' or medieval swords, whether for parlor display or theatrical purposes. At worst a more modern creation using authentic kaskara for either same or trying to 'restore' the hilt. With the absence of the langet, I am inclined to think the crusader sword notion most likely.

Oakeshott spoke of this in his books lamenting the number of good kaskara that were lost to this 'enterprise', to create faux crusader swords pursuant to the well published notion that the natives in North Africa were using actual crusader swords.

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19th October 2023, 04:27 PM	#3
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,191	Totally agree, actually a nice Sudanese blade with good 'dukari' moons, and the crossguard which unfortunately has lost the langet. At the best, this could be one of the many kaskara 'bringbacks' from the Sudanese campaigns, which well through the century suffered being dismantled to create 'crusader' or medieval swords, whether for parlor display or theatrical purposes. At worst a more modern creation using authentic kaskara for either same or trying to 'restore' the hilt. With the absence of the langet, I am inclined to think the crusader sword notion most likely. Oakeshott spoke of this in his books lamenting the number of good kaskara that were lost to this 'enterprise', to create faux crusader swords pursuant to the well published notion that the natives in North Africa were using actual crusader swords.