Howdy 'Nando and Jim,
I already tried Jean Binck, last time I asked him about it he didn't know. But he liked my suggestion that the former owner had removed the blade's tip, perhaps after stabbing his own buttocks in the upward swing once too many.
The russians were keen on using this shape of blade also, as well as the persian shamshirs.
Manolo
Check this pics from a british 18th C blade...
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