kaskara - brass quillons

Jim McDougall · 31st July 2008, 12:37 AM

Nice. Much earlier, the dukari nicely spaced astride the fullering.
Interesting how the native smiths adopted these dual crescent moons as a distinctive markings applied to thier blades on takouba, and as noted and shown here, on many kaskara blades.

stephen wood · 1st August 2008, 02:53 PM

...if you type "sudanese sword" into youtube.com you can see a lot of kaskaras being waved about...some in Eritrea as well. "Barantu Cultural Show" is particularly interesting.

Part of a living tradition...

Lew · 1st August 2008, 03:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by stephen wood

...if you type "sudanese sword" into youtube.com you can see a lot of kaskaras being waved about...some in Eritrea as well. "Barantu Cultural Show" is particularly interesting.

Part of a living tradition...

Hi Stephen

The brass guarded kaskara seems to have a more recent made scabbard and hilt but the blade seems older. This is not uncommon swords are passed down from father to son and are often rehilted. The other kaskara is an older version 1890-1920s I would think?

Lew

Btw Thanks for the you-tube videos they were great

Jim McDougall · 1st August 2008, 04:15 PM

Very interesting!
Another interesting note, which I have brought up over many years in discussions pertaining to kaskaras, is that the term 'kaskara' is completely unknown in the languages of the Sudan, Eritrea and geographic locations where these swords have presence.
Anybody have any ideas?

1st August 2008, 02:53 PM	#2
stephen wood Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 227	dances with kaskaras... ...if you type "sudanese sword" into youtube.com you can see a lot of kaskaras being waved about...some in Eritrea as well. "Barantu Cultural Show" is particularly interesting. Part of a living tradition...

31st July 2008, 12:37 AM	#1
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,455	Nice. Much earlier, the dukari nicely spaced astride the fullering. Interesting how the native smiths adopted these dual crescent moons as a distinctive markings applied to thier blades on takouba, and as noted and shown here, on many kaskara blades.

1st August 2008, 04:15 PM	#4
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,455	Very interesting! Another interesting note, which I have brought up over many years in discussions pertaining to kaskaras, is that the term 'kaskara' is completely unknown in the languages of the Sudan, Eritrea and geographic locations where these swords have presence. Anybody have any ideas?