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					Originally Posted by ariel
					
				 
				The saber is a curious mix of Turkish Pala blade, Hungarian/Polish early variant of a handguard and Polish thumb ring.  Looks powerful and vicious, but..... I am with Jim: no interest in modern recreations. 
			
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 Nevertheless, Ariel, your observations agree with Paolo's inspiration
for delivering a saber that bespoke more than just a single time period, 
but kinda' embraced the legendary sword's evolution. 
A picture of my own ... B-)