North Afrika Sword ?

chregu · 15th October 2011, 08:12 PM

hello together
I make no secret of who is the sword.
I was asked in a German forum for advice.
The sword belonged to his father. whether it was or not, I can not check!
I was asked to help, so I offered my help.
If more pictures are desired, the owner will let me get even more.
Thanks for your help.

Iain · 17th October 2011, 09:57 AM

Hi Chegru, thanks for clearing that up. :-)

I can't offer much more information, but you may find this thread good reading:
http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...hlight=kattara

Some similar swords can be seen on the last two pages of that thread.

They are certainly an interesting type with fairly strong evidence that the basic design dates back into the early days of Islam. How to date each specific example is of course much harder as the type obviously remained popular for more than a few centuries. It would seem a longer type of kattara, based around European trade blades gradually replaced the short sword.
All the best,

Iain

15th October 2011, 08:12 PM	#1
chregu Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: switzerland Posts: 298	hello together I make no secret of who is the sword. I was asked in a German forum for advice. The sword belonged to his father. whether it was or not, I can not check! I was asked to help, so I offered my help. If more pictures are desired, the owner will let me get even more. Thanks for your help.

17th October 2011, 09:57 AM	#2
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,708	Hi Chegru, thanks for clearing that up. :-) I can't offer much more information, but you may find this thread good reading: http://vikingsword.com/vb/showthread...hlight=kattara Some similar swords can be seen on the last two pages of that thread. They are certainly an interesting type with fairly strong evidence that the basic design dates back into the early days of Islam. How to date each specific example is of course much harder as the type obviously remained popular for more than a few centuries. It would seem a longer type of kattara, based around European trade blades gradually replaced the short sword. All the best, Iain