Posts: 103 Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Wed 08 Jun, 2005 8:25 am
Swiss sabre
A while ago I fell in love with the swiss sabre ... first the early types and later the spectrum of different designs from the plain early ones to the extremely decorated later ones. I contacted the finnish sword smith JT Palikko and he agreed to make a swiss sabre for me. It isn't entirely based on a single historical sabre but ended up a mix of two with a big twist of JT on top :-)
Here are two pictures that JT sent me (that made my jaw drop)!
The preliminary stats are:
Weight: 1650 grams
Length: 1,15 meters
POB: 10 cm from the crossguard
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![swisssmall.JPG](files/swisssmall_201.jpg)
Such beauty! The flowermotif can also be seen on the leather grip
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![swisssmall2.JPG](files/swisssmall2_552.jpg)
The angle of the shot distorts the blade somewhat