Eastern European or Ottoman saber?

[David R]

Originally Posted by werecow

I like that fullering! I'm not seeing any rivets at all on your grip, which is interesting. Is that accurate or is it just that they don't stand out in the pictures? I wonder if that suggests that the guard was held in place solely by the pitch/friction.

The fullering is what attracted me to it in the first place. The grip is secured by a well fitted "pin" in the pommel, that only goes partially through the horn scales on each side but transfixes a full tang. Rotation is prevented by the silver strapping round the full tang. A bit like the pic below.