the recently arrived OllinSword Polish Hussar Saber ...
The inspiration for the Project is what I believe to be the drawing of a historical saber from W. Zablocki's
legendary book of Polish War Sabers ...
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OllinSword's design. I believe we hashed out the details in two or three takes. I originally was
looking at a 35 - 36 inch blade, but 33 inches was the agreed upon length ( not too oddly this decision
was based on the blade length of a Cold Steel saber which is 33 inches ). I think in this picture of
the design you can see one the " patches " I used to introduce suggestions / changes ...
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The blade takes shape ...
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The " back edge " ... I was very interested in this blade shape because I believed it would cause
the future scabbard-maker less-trouble. You can also see how exact the gents at OllinSword
were with the details ...
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The L-Hilt takes shape. You can see where and how the thumb-ring will be placed and
attached. I recall Mark G. discussing in one of his up-dates that positioning the paluch proved
to demand a bit of trial and error before he felt it was right ...
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Now the leather wrap and butt-cap ...
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And finally ...
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