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Old 30th September 2024, 02:03 AM   #3
Radboud
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Interesting, this is the second time I've seen sword made up from a basket hilt and a Sudanese takouba blade.

The blade on the other sword used a 1828 pattern basket, and had a marked blade:
Name: takouba basket hilt composit 01.jpg Views: 2023 Size: 91.2 KB

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It makes me think that there was someone assembling these swords out of parts some time back.
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