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					Originally Posted by Ian
					
				 
				Marius: 
 
I understand and that is a perfectly legitimate and logical position. It also fits within the rubric of discussing shashkas and shashka variants. 
 
Ian. 
			
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  Yes, it is, if we ignore the inconvenient fact that Bukharan saber has nothing to do with shashka from the developmental point of view.
 If we go that way, Beduin sabres and Sardinian leppas ( see above) are also shashkas :-)))