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Originally Posted by spiral
Bonjour Ibrahim!
Can you not see it is a curved blade sword?
If you cant see its external shape , how can you see its cross section inside the scabbard? 
Spiral |
Oh that picture! I was the first to indicate that this sword was in fact curved... A curved Kattara ~at Kattara for comments I believe at #21 and a correction at #25 on his correct name .
http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...ttara+comments
Yes this is curved... It's The Slavers badge of Office and I believe a punishment sword ... Sadly many slaves, mainly males, were axed on route from central Africa as the word was that they werent in demand... women and children were more highly prized... In fact this changed when the spices fields came into full flow on Zanzibar but ... that sword I reckon was a murderous tool...Single edged heavy backblade ~often a European blade.