Ottoman " shamshirs"

[ariel]

Originally Posted by Victrix

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Nice swords. I think palas are quite different blades compared to your Kilic Acemi. Persian shamsirs typically have slender and extremely curved blades whereas palas have wide and almost angled blades. The resemblance comes mostly from the hilts. I would love to learn about different blade manufacturing centres in the Ottoman Empire and Persia (like Solingen, Toledo, Passau and Brescia in Europe).

Thanks for the resizing reference. I shall try it.

Palas are relatively late form, appearing around 18 century. One can imagine that they were redesigned from the purely cavalry long Mamluk swords into more infantry,- and navy- suitable shorter ones. And, of course, a bit of Ottoman flair might have also played a role:-)