My baby tabouka

Kubur · 26th November 2014, 05:23 PM

a little beauty...

kronckew · 26th November 2014, 11:48 PM

cool, can we see the whole sword pls.? or is that the whole sword with a piece of scabbard? very roman gladius-like.

Robert · 27th November 2014, 03:45 AM

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very roman gladius-like

My first thought was that someone had cut down a full length sword to make this, possibly for theater, LARP or rein fair use

Tim Simmons · 27th November 2014, 11:05 AM

It certainly looks cut down or reformed. It is in the same form of short swords from Nigeria/Cameroon areas. The tabuka is widespread and many Cameroon forms can be found.

Iain · 28th November 2014, 06:28 AM

I remember when this sold. Interesting to see it appear here.

This looks cut down to me. Unfortunate as the blade seems to be an older one.

There's sadly little way to determine where and when the modification was done but as Tim points out, there is a superficial resemblance to some Cameroon and Nigerian short sword forms.

26th November 2014, 05:23 PM	#1
Kubur Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Posts: 2,145	My baby tabouka a little beauty... Attached Images

26th November 2014, 11:48 PM	#2
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,183	cool, can we see the whole sword pls.? or is that the whole sword with a piece of scabbard? very roman gladius-like.

27th November 2014, 11:05 AM	#4
Tim Simmons Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: What is still UK Posts: 5,807	It certainly looks cut down or reformed. It is in the same form of short swords from Nigeria/Cameroon areas. The tabuka is widespread and many Cameroon forms can be found.

28th November 2014, 06:28 AM	#5
Iain Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Olomouc Posts: 1,693	I remember when this sold. Interesting to see it appear here. This looks cut down to me. Unfortunate as the blade seems to be an older one. There's sadly little way to determine where and when the modification was done but as Tim points out, there is a superficial resemblance to some Cameroon and Nigerian short sword forms.