Takouskara

[Kubur]

Hi guys,

In fact, this sword was just an appertizer...
I wanted to see the responses and your interest in atypical swords.
The first sword posted came with another one, from the same sale and same seller, but no mention of origin. I would say in between Sudan, Ethiopia, Chad, maybe Nigeria???
The two swords were completely stucked in their scabbards.
The second sword has a very Ottoman guard, a German ? blade for Ethiopia (Jim?) and a kaskarish scabbard.
Despite the look, blade and hilt are very well connected with no movement.
The grip was made of leather like on kaskara (probably more recent), but the wire was lose and I removed it and had a good surprise under, in fact the whole hilt is made of one piece of brass (like some takouba) (gilded?). The most surprising is the pommel, I never saw such pommel...

Here are some old links with similar discussions around strange ottomanish kaskara...

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...81&postcount=1

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showpo...8&postcount=30

All the best,
Kubur