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Originally Posted by Roland_M
Congratulation, a fine sword.
I also saw it, but i bought a Piso Gading (which was not really cheap) one day before the end of this auction.
I think, it is an early Renaissance blade and one possibility could be, that this blade was found in a warrior tomb and was combined with a takouba hilt.
I wonder what can cause such massive nicks? Was he a guy like Bud Spencer?
It would be very nice, if you make a new thread after the blade is arrived.
Roland
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These blades were widely exported, including to North Africa and then into the Sahel region. So not unusual at all really to see early blades in takouba mounts. If you look at the ones I posted you'll see even 14th and 15th century blades.
