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[QUOTE]Originally posted by mena7: [QB] [IMG]http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/items/43/001343/ph-0.jpg[/IMG] Sudanese and Chadian Kaskara sword [IMG]http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/items/64/000564/ph-0.jpg[/IMG] Kaskara sword [IMG]http://webprojects.prm.ox.ac.uk/arms-and-armour/600/1907.33.7.jpg[/IMG] Kaskara sword [IMG]http://37.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2cl16Wl7i1rrjmgoo1_1280.jpg[/IMG] Kaskara sword [IMG]http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/kaskara/kaskar2h.jpg[/IMG] Kaskara sword [IMG]http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/items/30/001430/ph-0.jpg[/IMG] Kaskara sword [IMG]http://www.oriental-arms.com/photos/items/30/001430/ph-3.jpg[/IMG] Kaskara sword [IMG]http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7368/10405341804_b405f1cbf1_b.jpg[/IMG] Sudanese Funj or Sennar King with Kaskara sword Mena: I think the Kas ka Ra is one of the most beautiful African sword if it is not the most beautiful African sword. The Kaskara was a type of sword characteristic of Sudan and Chad.[1] The blade of the kaskara was usually about a yard long, double edged and with a spatulate tip.[citation needed] While most surviving examples are from the 19th century[citation needed], the type is believed to have originated around the early 14th century[citation needed], and may represent a localized survival of the straight, double-edged medieval Arab sword.[citation needed] The kaskara was worn horizontally across the back or between the upper arm and thorax.[citation needed] According to British Museum curator Christopher Spring, "in the central and eastern Sudan, from Chad through Darfur and across to the Red Sea province, the straight, double-edged swords known as kaskara were an essential possession of most men [/QB][/QUOTE]
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