How to id a European kaskara blade?

[Iain]

Thanks for the detailed instructions. I'll try it out in the next day or two and report back.

Back to the wasp sword, blade seems of pretty good quality actually. So more and more the minor sub contractor theory seems to be making sense.

Flex test will maybe tell us more.

[Mefidk]

Hi folks, after a wee while here are the stats for Iain's wasp marked sword - which I can happily announce has travelled again, this time from the Czech Republic to Denmark

Wasp-marked Kaskara:
Flex 80mm
Length 813mm
Width (base) 35.40mm
Thickness (5cm from base) 4.55 mm
Fuller: 14.0 mm wide 149mm long
Marked: Wasp mark either side.
Ricasso: Vestigial - blade sharpend from 150mm from the hilt, before that profiled to look double edged but not sharp due to the width of steel present.

So this is the whippiest blade of the set, but also the smallest so that is to be expected. For my bet, this is a very strong candidate for a European blade, and the wasp is just great

Incidentally, I'm restoring the rusty blade example from further up the post. Done the blade work already but I'm stumped as to how to find the wicker-like stuff that they use for wrapping the grip - anybody know where I can find something like this?