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Old 30th October 2020, 11:52 PM   #6
Jim McDougall
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This engraved mark is just that, an engraved design which back in 2009, an effort was made to associate this with a comet in Sudanese religious lore.
The mark was never meant to be 'gilt', in which cross hatching (as in the application of precious metal was pounded into the furrows) was termed koftgari.

These marks seem consistent with the 'shaded' sections of the device.

Attached are photos of kaskara blades with the mark, and Briggs' analysis from "European blades in Tuareg swords and Daggers" (JAAS, 1965).
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