Gentlefolk, allow me to present, courtesy of the talented Brothers Grzybowski at OlliNSword Design,
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 ...


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 ...


The blade takes shape ...




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 ...



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 ...



Now the leather wrap and butt-cap ...


And finally ...

Congrats, Matthew, on another fine sabre...and a well done as always to the boys at Ollin !
Dan

They really do great stuff at OlliN! This one is no exception! The grinding on the blade looks perfect! Mark is quite the perfectionist when it comes to that sort of detail and this saber is a great peice for him to show his talent. Lovely sword you have there! Thanks for sharing.

That's very nice Matthew, an adequate sister to the Black saber. I like in particular the aged finish on the guard. This post is of great help to me, I have a very similar blade (unmarked old & original military issue) ready at hand and I was looking for inspiration. I'm not going, however, to copy your saber. :cool:

Wonderful work! The OlliN team continues to impress! The shaping of the blade is particularly elegant.

:cool:
Really nice sabre,
in the ninth pic,is the internal of the guard ground away slightly or blackened,
Two fantastic sabres in as many months,
the first you posted is a stunner,this one is nearly as nice ;) but as stand alone sabres they are great see,
more so as i know you waited a long time for both to fill a void,
what you gonna find to take up your time next :D
Well done Ollin,
and as i hadnt posted,well done Paolo,Antonio,and yourself for digging deep and putting the funds up. :cool:

Hi Matt,
The thumb ring is very well done,but i meant the internal of the L part,it looks as if its been ground out in the pic,
ground or blackened it looks very well done,
i know exactly what you mean about budgeting through + years,but i think you'd agree the results are more than worth the sacrifice,
you let go of some fine pieces,i know,i was seriousley tempted to pm about a couple, :D
when you get the right sword the novelty tends not to wear off,lol,
congrats again and may they serve you as long as you need them :cool:
i'l look forward to your next project.

Here is my saber blade, the best pic I could get indoors, in reality the blade retains most of its original polish and so colorful :p
It is 32" long excluding the tang, which is broken and needs to be repaired. Otherwise condition is great, it was mounted in the past and has seen only the slightest use. There is a nice distal taper, edge is sharp and the last 4" of the false edge are sharp as well, sort of flush yelmen.

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Interesting blade, Sa'ar, thanks for sharing ! Do you think an extension can be propperly
welded / attached to the tang ? I suppose that would be the question for a maker / smith.
One of the qualities of my OlliNSword Hussar is -- as you can tell -- a very full tang, which
strikes me as a powerful anchor for rest of the blade ...

Matthew, you concern is not underestimated. There was a thread here not long ago, regarding the quality of tang welding. This is not the first time I have to repair a broken tang, when an expert do it the joint becomes solid and strong as an integral piece. I have an access to such an expert, an engineer/metallurgist/blacksmith who takes the task very seriously - he perform a homogenous weld, grind and look for cracks/gaps, weld again if necessary and of course protects the temper. After he finishes - a "brutality test" to see if it holds.

Hey, Sa'ar ... got a question for you :

Any chance you know / have / or suspect what the typical dimensions
might be for sabers made during the 16th - 17th - 18th centuries -- in
Poland, Russian, those areas ???

Its pretty obvious to anyone who's tuned in to this thread or my other
thread on Paolo Abrera's Black Saber that each of my sabers
possess some unusual dimensions. For instance, the blade of my
OlliN Hussar is 1.5 inches wide at the languets while the blade
of my Black Saber is 1 and 3/8ths of an inch wide at the same
spot. Meanwhile the spine of the Black Saber starts at about
1/4 of an inch, and narrows to about 3/16ths of an inch; while the
OlliN Hussar starts at 1/4 of an inch, but narrows considerably
more; down to shade under 1/16th -- at about the same place, where
the yelman / backedge begins.

Obviously they each weigh in differently too. I don't have a very good
scale, but can tell you the Black Saber is heavier, and the blade
stiffer while OlliN Hussar is lighter ( still weighty, though) but
flexible ...

Of course, ANYONE with ANY thoughts on stats, please chyme in !!!!!

For Instance :

I'm going to assume that the numbers, or some of the numbers in the
Zablocki illustration above are in millimeters.

Blade Length appears to be : 915 mm = in inches : 36.02 inches
Blade Width appears to be : 37 mm = in inches : 1.45 inches
Length Of Knuckle guard : 103 mm = in inches : 4 inches

Compared to similar measurements on my OlliN Hussar :

Blade Length : 33 inches
Blade Width : 1.5 inches
Knuckle Gaurd : 4.5 inches

That is of course if the measurements are in millimeters. Pretty good comparison
though ????

One good example I could find with measurements is a Hussar officer's saber from the late 17th c. - early 18th c., in the book Bron Katalog Zbiorow. Fully enclosed hilt with a thumb ring, complexed blade without yelmen.
Overall length 970 mm
blade 850 mm
hilt 120 mm
width of blade 40 mm
distal taper goes from 8 mm to 4 mm.