Ethnographic Arms & Armour - View Single Post - Help needed identifying shamshir wootz blade

estcrh · 8th February 2016, 10:17 AM

Maybe someone on the forum can answer how the grip of a Syrian shamshir is different from the grip of a Persian shamshir. This looks like a persian blade but is it a Syrian sword with a Persian blade, or a Persian sword?

8th February 2016, 10:17 AM	#4
estcrh Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: USA Posts: 1,492	Maybe someone on the forum can answer how the grip of a Syrian shamshir is different from the grip of a Persian shamshir. This looks like a persian blade but is it a Syrian sword with a Persian blade, or a Persian sword?