Recently made Omani Kattara / Saif

[David]

Originally Posted by A.alnakkas

The sword is also used for the Raz'ha which contains a sort of combat practice. Am sure losing grip while doing Raz'ha is equally embarrasing (but less lethal then losing grip in battle..) so the hilt is not really an issue, that also considering that there are other examples of swords with no guard or pommel.

Here is the Raz'ha: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpfIp_TR_PQ for more context.

Interesting video, but i see nothing here that comes close to the ferocity of real combat. It would indeed be embarrassing if one were to lose grip on the hilt during this dance sequence, even though it is martially based.