To me, if I focus entirely on the silhouette of a weapon, ignoring materials and added decoration, nothing beats the pure elegance of a classic Persian shamshir blade. There is also something mesmerizing about wavy keris blades and their flame like appearance. An honorable mention goes to yataghans with their recurved blades.
When it comes to hilts, my favorite form is the "nimcha", especially the Zanzibar variety, followed by karabelas and the early Islamic hilt form, for example as found on Yemeni and Omani broadswords, where it is somewhat reminiscent of Islamic architecture.
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