The Takouba Sword.

[Peter Hudson]

Naturally the main reference has to be placed here as http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/takouba.html Peter Hudson.

[Peter Hudson]

https://swordis.com/blog/takouba-sword/ provides an interesting lead in to this style of sword...Peter Hudson.

[Bob A]

Sadly, the Takouba Research Society link appears dead, or at least inactive/unavailable.

The overall presentation of takouba information was of value, and now seems lost to time.

[Peter Hudson]

Originally Posted by Bob A

Sadly, the Takouba Research Society link appears dead, or at least inactive/unavailable.

The overall presentation of takouba information was of value, and now seems lost to time.

Hopefully this will happen ...Both this key thread and the others on that page will be reorganised.

Meanwhile an amazing looking sword clearly Takouba form can be seen at https://uk.images.search.yahoo.com/y...g&action=click

Peter Hudson

[Edster]

Jim,

I think I have a hard copy of Briggs. I'll try to scan and post it. I assume any JASS copyright would slide on the basis of research use.

Attached here is another article on the origin of Tuareg Blades that may be of value.

Best,
Ed

[Peter Hudson]

Please see https://web.prm.ox.ac.uk/weapons/ind...-31/index.html where it states the parts of the Takouba Sword are named after parts of the human body.

QUOTE"The different features of the takouba are named after parts of the human body. The conical brass button on the pommel is known as the 'bare head'; the narrow grip of the hilt is the 'spine'; the small guard, the 'shoulders' and the flat of the blade, the 'back'. The double cutting edge is known as 'that which devours' (i.e. the mouth), and the tip is refereed to as the 'tongue'.UNQUOTE."

Peter Hudson.

[Peter Hudson]

[Jim McDougall]

Ed, thank you so much for this translated Lhote!!!! My copy is still in French, and in the heaps of old notes that must be excavated
Thank you as well for working on the Briggs article......this is probably one of the most important arms articles on these as well as markings.It is long unavailable from JAAS and scholarly use should be OK as far as I know.

Peter, great entry there!!

As noted, it seems Iain has sort of 'left the building' on the takouba quest and gone on to other pursuits, which is to me very sad as he probably added more impetus to this field than can be described. His site was a goldmine of information, and the book he hoped to publish never materialized.
So I guess its up to us here to revive the search to compile data on the takouba and put together a study base.
There is tons of material in these forum pages, so its about itemizing topics and talking points to centralize and somewhat structure the material here.