Nice Kaskara on eBay

Jim McDougall · 13th January 2012, 11:37 PM

Thank you so much for the kind words Ed, and I have been hoping you would come in this. Your field research on these swords in Kasalla, and your paper are in a word, superb, and has given us so much insight into the actual development of these kaskara in more modern times. What has been so amazing to me is that for many years, the work by Reed (1987) stood as the single reference specifically to the kaskara, and here came this fantastic work of yours actually predating that.

In my comments to Rick I was drawing on notes from one of our conversations which was where I got the term for fly, the marking from Kull we have discussed earlier.

Thanks again Ed for joining in, and for all the valuable material you have shared with us here.

All the very best,
Jim

13th January 2012, 11:37 PM	#15
Jim McDougall Arms Historian Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Route 66 Posts: 10,281	Thank you so much for the kind words Ed, and I have been hoping you would come in this. Your field research on these swords in Kasalla, and your paper are in a word, superb, and has given us so much insight into the actual development of these kaskara in more modern times. What has been so amazing to me is that for many years, the work by Reed (1987) stood as the single reference specifically to the kaskara, and here came this fantastic work of yours actually predating that. In my comments to Rick I was drawing on notes from one of our conversations which was where I got the term for fly, the marking from Kull we have discussed earlier. Thanks again Ed for joining in, and for all the valuable material you have shared with us here. All the very best, Jim