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won this Medieval style steel bladed sword, 90.5cm in length", (auctioneer description
![]() Looks to me like a takouba variant. Any comments on age and possible origin, etc. welome. Thanks in advance for anything you can add. sadsly, no scabbard. |
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With that pommel and short guard it looks to me like an attempt at a Viking sword.
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In any case, it was cheap. Thought it might be worth checking it out in hand. Last edited by kronckew; 16th February 2023 at 08:00 AM. |
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I Note on mine in post #1, the wide blade, single fuller, rounded tip, reenforcing plates on the crossguard, holes that may have once had rivets for a cover. And the oval half a brazil nut pommel.
Also I note from http://takouba.org/the_takouba_form_...stribution.pdf the oval pommel is also a feature on some. |
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In my view its not a takouba, its most likely an old stage prop aping a viking sword. The pommel is not of the type you would see on a takouba, its made to imitate a two part viking pommel. The blade could have been taken from a takouba or a kaskara, this was fairly common when making stage swords in the early 20th century, but its very hard to say given the current mounts.
The screenshots you posted are actually from a very old PDF I wrote and the sword is no longer in my hands but looks a lot better these days. I have posted it several times in the past. |
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Your expertise is of course telling. I'll consider it a Stage Combat prop 'Viking' sword with a takouba style blade. might be of interest to Jim in his stage combat thread in miscellanea. Thanks, I'm always willing to learn, especially from my mistooks. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ |
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I've lost track of the number of kaskara I've seen messed about with to make them look like "medieval" swords, but there's been a few similar takouba. One of the oddest was actually using a takouba hilt but it was mounted to a lightweight blade that was stamped for a German theatre. |
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Interesting, I've been seeing a lot of those from Berlin online recently, as I mentioned in Jim's Theatre Combat thread in miscellanea. |
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Very interesting Wayne!!! Again thanks for your help on that stage props thread.
This seems very much like such an item, not meant as a reproduction but a visual accoutrement which would serve as 'close enough' in a production setting. Iain, great to see you come in here!!! You are missed here! Wayne, what misteakes? ![]() |
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