What kind of sword is this

Mark · 27th March 2006, 01:37 AM

It is a kaskara, from the Sudan, but I do not know enough about them to say more than that.

About the crocodile skin, what you need to worry about is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), and the national laws each country had passed to enforce it. Several species of crocodile are listed as endangered in the CITES appendices (including the Nile crododile, which is a good candidate as the source of this skin). That means there are heavy restrictions on import, export, sale, etc. My experience has been that possessing an item covered by CITES, and selling/transporting it within one particular country, is not a problem. It is when it moves across international boarders that the authorities become interested. Search the forum for "CITES", since it has been discussed a few times.

Alan62 · 27th March 2006, 02:34 AM

Thank You Mark, I will read up on it.

Here is the link to their site if anyone else wants to read up on it
http://www.cites.org/

27th March 2006, 01:37 AM	#1
Mark Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 987	It is a kaskara, from the Sudan, but I do not know enough about them to say more than that. About the crocodile skin, what you need to worry about is the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), and the national laws each country had passed to enforce it. Several species of crocodile are listed as endangered in the CITES appendices (including the Nile crododile, which is a good candidate as the source of this skin). That means there are heavy restrictions on import, export, sale, etc. My experience has been that possessing an item covered by CITES, and selling/transporting it within one particular country, is not a problem. It is when it moves across international boarders that the authorities become interested. Search the forum for "CITES", since it has been discussed a few times.

27th March 2006, 02:34 AM	#2
Alan62 Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 164	Thank You Mark, I will read up on it. Here is the link to their site if anyone else wants to read up on it http://www.cites.org/