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Sa'ar Nudel wrote: |
the so-called "Armenian". It looks like a renaissance of the Magyar/Avar saber of the 10th-11th centuries. |
Yes, that might be the case, if you look at the "hilt genesis" by S.Meyer graph, there is little depiction of "Sabre of Charlemagne" in the bottom of the "Wschód" (East) collumn, from which arrow points to "Armenian" style. If I recall correctly, the "Sabre of Charlemagne" is considered to be example of Avar/Magyar style. "Armenian" comes from owners of weapons manufacture in Lvov that made such weapons, style itself is said to come from Kyrgyzstan.there were other bladetypes associated with the style (apart from czeczuga-fiddlestick), that is "ordynka" and "karabela ormiańska", which sported heavier blades.