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12th May 2020, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by ariel

On the one hand, it is possible to assume that Western Georgian guardless sabers adopted the Ottoman fashion of "ears".

Great thread! Art, literature, historical examples, and a lot of thought provoking conjecture. 5 stars, brightened my day!

Veering of topic just a bit; I always thought (assumed) that the eared handle was modeled after a femur or radius.

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