Late XVII century Kaskara ?

[Edster]

Mauro,

The foto of the grip shows what looks like the top of a pen in the wood for a whole in the tang.

With blades known to have been made in Kassala, it's difficult to tell the difference between a locally forged blade and a munitions grade import. The Kassala smiths make/made blades daily for years and know their work very well. Of course some have a better touch than others. Maybe a smith of lesser talent (either in Germany or Sudan ??) made one set of fullers and another more accomplished smith produced the other side. Its the same way with cross guard specialists although since about 1945, most cross guards in Kassala were made in the folded one-piece style.

Ed

[kronckew]

I also have a kaskara with the 'fly' mark variant on the blade, discussed at https://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showt...hlight=kaskara, it is also under the languet as well as further down the blade