The Black Saber

[broadaxe]

The entire hilt including the thumb ring is very close to a Polish hilt of the 17th century.
Fitting Turkish blades into Polish & Magyar sabers was not uncommon; similar blades of European manufacture do also exist.

[MatthewGMK]

Originally Posted by broadaxe

The entire hilt including the thumb ring is very close to a Polish hilt of the 17th century.
Fitting Turkish blades into Polish & Magyar sabers was not uncommon; similar blades of European manufacture do also exist.

Thankyou for your observation !

You've hit on something I've read as well. At the back of my brain pan
in all of this has been a growing interest in which direction the evolution
of the saber came from. Is it commonly held that the blade-styles
evolved from the east westward ?

Here's another drawing -- I believe of a sword that existed or does
exist -- that looks quaintly familiar; messaged to me AFTER The Black
Saber was made and shipped to me ...