new kaskara

[David R]

Originally Posted by Iain

Thats the element I was referring to. Never see it on native blades.

Over the years I have had a couple (perhaps 3 even) trade blades and they did not have a ricasso, merely a blunt, less sharp, thickened area at the base. A ricasso proper is a distinct squared off base, like this...

[Iain]

Originally Posted by David R

Over the years I have had a couple (perhaps 3 even) trade blades and they did not have a ricasso, merely a blunt, less sharp, thickened area at the base. A ricasso proper is a distinct squared off base, like this...

I'm aware of what the term means, in the case of the blade under discussion it is not simply unsharpened, but has not been ground for the profile of the blade, it is the remains of the ricasso 'block' but the fuller has been extended through it.

I've had and seen plenty of trade blades in African mounts with ricasso, quite often they are hidden under the guard when they are mounted in this context.