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					Originally Posted by S.Al-Anizi
					
				 
				As to the shamshir, I always thought that had too much of curve, to use for anything other than swinging cuts from horseback.
  
			
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 I disagree, Saqr.  
  
   Certainly the extremely curved examples are nearly useless for a linear thrust, and far from optimal for any thrust, but a slash from an unmounted fighter would work just fine with those.