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Originally Posted by Jeff D
The middle saber is Askhabov's example on Pg 61 of the Ters-maymal Shashka.
Great discussion keep it going  .
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Thanx, but I think I was as always too fast with my conclusions - I've never seen in real life so slightly curved sabre, so I though it's a slightly curved palash. Now I see almost an exact copy, under the name sabre.
Well, part of my logic still stands
, mostly concerning the star and the floral motiff.
Btw interesting mark on the sabre's blade from Askhabov's book - I've seen dozens of like this on chechen blades, but never actually seen any classification of it - mutated gurda ?
It looks like a very wide arrow pointing into a crescent.