3rd July 2005, 02:37 AM
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Location: Ann Arbor, MI
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Originally Posted by erlikhan
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.
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It does. Please see..
http://www.livius.org/he-hg/herodotus/hist13.html
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