Old persian sword

[qusko]

Hi,

Just saw similar blade in one of the past auctions - mentioned as eastern europe hussar's sabre XVII-XVII.

On top of that, same blade I have found in one of the temporary exhibitions in the museum. Dated in similar way, but present in two sabres - Russian's hussar sabre and Austrian hussar's sabre.

So indeed European trade blade widely used (same one was in syrian example above)

[werecow]

A bit of a side note as I don't know the origins of this style of blade, but that style of fullering got around. I find it rather attractive. Here is one on my Aceh peudeueng.