Sa'ar Nudel wrote: |
Matthew, referring to your former post from Feb 1st, assuming the saber in the line drawing is a historical one, it is interesting to see this dated mid-17th century saber with a complex blade and its hilt almost fully enclosed, a forerunner of its 18th century direct descendant.
In addition to Paolo's note, I recommend to check Michal Dziewulski's short book Eastern Influence on Polish Arms, it can be found in pdf format on vikingsword.com. On your last post, if you take saber #5 and remove the thumb ring you'll have a Bedouin saber per-se... |
Please pardon the late reply, Sa'ar. I do indeed visit the ethnographic forum at vikingsword.com, and while
aware of Mr. Dziewulski's status -- he actually lent some comments privately on another project from a few
years back -- I hadn't been aware of his short book. So, a thankyou to you for getting me to dig around for
it. B-)
For others who might be interested ...
http://www.vikingsword.com/ethsword/Dziewulski01.pdf