Late XVII century Kaskara ?
A kaskara with a very peculiar characteristic. The handle is quite worned and the pommel and the leather covering is missing. The most interesting part is the blade that has a triple fuller and close to the forte has silver inserts in the form of flower/stars and geometric decoration. It also has two incription. In one side inside the cartouche is written “I > I”.In the other side there is a date in arab numbers of 1108 that, translated in gregorian calendar would correspond to 1696. It would, to my knowledge, the older blade in a kaskara. It is 100 cm long. Unfortunately no scabbard.
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