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broadaxe · 31st October 2012, 02:30 PM

I'm holding the best source about Hungarian swords, Kardok by Lugosi & Temesvary, besides I'd visited several collections in Hungary. While the design looks very closely to Syrian, this could be late court sword for lower rank nobility. Both Hungary and Poland adopted turkish-style sabers, often fitted with turkish to persian blades. The epitome of such sabers was during the 16th-17th centuries and they mostly lost favour as fighting swords by the beginning of the 18th century. Early style Magyar saber however, remained as a mark of status for nobility, usualy highly decorated, like this one http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=3670
The small stone fixture on the pommel is hungarian motif, so it's possible.

31st October 2012, 02:30 PM	#7
broadaxe Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 334	I'm holding the best source about Hungarian swords, Kardok by Lugosi & Temesvary, besides I'd visited several collections in Hungary. While the design looks very closely to Syrian, this could be late court sword for lower rank nobility. Both Hungary and Poland adopted turkish-style sabers, often fitted with turkish to persian blades. The epitome of such sabers was during the 16th-17th centuries and they mostly lost favour as fighting swords by the beginning of the 18th century. Early style Magyar saber however, remained as a mark of status for nobility, usualy highly decorated, like this one http://www.oriental-arms.com/item.php?id=3670 The small stone fixture on the pommel is hungarian motif, so it's possible.