Chronological listing of Polish-Lithuanian and Hungarian sabers

Teisani · 4th November 2022, 08:16 PM

A few period depictions of 16th and early 17th century East European sabres in portraits:

Teisani · 19th December 2022, 01:24 PM

An interesting site with portraits of mostly Hungarian nobility (many of them with their sabres).
https://sites.google.com/site/hagyom...szazad/adattar

awdaniec666 · 19th December 2022, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Teisani

An interesting site with portraits of mostly Hungarian nobility (many of them with their sabres).
https://sites.google.com/site/hagyom...szazad/adattar

What an exceptional source! Thanks for sharing!

Teisani · 28th December 2022, 10:40 AM

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Originally Posted by awdaniec666

What an exceptional source! Thanks for sharing!

You're welcome. Another useful search phrase in Google images, you already may know of, is "portret sarmacki". It gives plenty of images of noblemen wearing sabres.

Teisani · 28th December 2022, 11:14 AM

In addition to sabres, I recommend looking at pallashes as well, since they have roughly the same hilts as contemporary sabres.
Here are two hussar pallashes from Lithuania which I rarely see posted:
1 - https://vdkm.limis.lt/en/eksponatai/...ype=EKSPONATAS
2 - https://www.limis.lt/en/paieska/perz...ype=EKSPONATAS

Teisani · 1st January 2023, 06:48 PM

Another thing to consider when dating sabres can be scabbard fittings. Here's an interesting article on this topic (in Russian, but Google translate works well enough). https://www.kitabhona.org.ua/libwar_armor/oboyma1.html

awdaniec666 · 2nd January 2023, 12:23 PM

Teisani,
I regret not having the time in the moment to dive in a extended discussion about our topic here with you but I follow your posts with great interest. Feel free to take the PDF from above and add information to it, if you want. I think this would be beneficial for all readers. There is so much to talk about and I will come back to it on a regular basis after finishing my final university exam which consumes nearly all of my time until April

I had the urge to write this because you´re putting in that effort and so much in-depth information. Thanks again for that.

4th November 2022, 08:16 PM	#1
Teisani Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Romania Posts: 314	A few period depictions of 16th and early 17th century East European sabres in portraits: Attached Images

28th December 2022, 11:14 AM	#5
Teisani Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Romania Posts: 314	In addition to sabres, I recommend looking at pallashes as well, since they have roughly the same hilts as contemporary sabres. Here are two hussar pallashes from Lithuania which I rarely see posted: 1 - https://vdkm.limis.lt/en/eksponatai/...ype=EKSPONATAS 2 - https://www.limis.lt/en/paieska/perz...ype=EKSPONATAS Attached Images

19th December 2022, 01:24 PM	#2
Teisani Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Romania Posts: 314	An interesting site with portraits of mostly Hungarian nobility (many of them with their sabres). https://sites.google.com/site/hagyom...szazad/adattar

1st January 2023, 06:48 PM	#6
Teisani Member Join Date: Oct 2022 Location: Romania Posts: 314	Another thing to consider when dating sabres can be scabbard fittings. Here's an interesting article on this topic (in Russian, but Google translate works well enough). https://www.kitabhona.org.ua/libwar_armor/oboyma1.html

2nd January 2023, 12:23 PM	#7
awdaniec666 Member Join Date: May 2021 Location: Northern Germany Posts: 147	Teisani, I regret not having the time in the moment to dive in a extended discussion about our topic here with you but I follow your posts with great interest. Feel free to take the PDF from above and add information to it, if you want. I think this would be beneficial for all readers. There is so much to talk about and I will come back to it on a regular basis after finishing my final university exam which consumes nearly all of my time until April I had the urge to write this because you´re putting in that effort and so much in-depth information. Thanks again for that.