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erlikhan · 2nd July 2005, 10:35 PM

there are some figures on the blade. i dont know if they will help. But the blade shape is technically a perfect karabela . i really dont know if a place with name "karabel" exists around Izmir, but karabela means exactly "black curse" in Turkish, often used in daily life , even can be used as a nickname for a tough bully .it could be a healthier root for the name of this saber model.
The grip band is silver, and is just deformed by time, tips of broken parts going bent up.

2nd July 2005, 10:35 PM	#7
erlikhan Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Istanbul Posts: 452	there are some figures on the blade. i dont know if they will help. But the blade shape is technically a perfect karabela . i really dont know if a place with name "karabel" exists around Izmir, but karabela means exactly "black curse" in Turkish, often used in daily life , even can be used as a nickname for a tough bully .it could be a healthier root for the name of this saber model. The grip band is silver, and is just deformed by time, tips of broken parts going bent up. Attached Images Last edited by erlikhan; 2nd July 2005 at 11:00 PM.