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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".
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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.