What I find interesting on the sword you are showing Ariel, is the hilt construction - two horn scales riveted to the tang instead of a solid horn piece with the tang peened on the pommel. And then there is also an unusual metal band over the gap in the scales, at least in the back and over the pommel.
The crude look suggests that either whoever made this was not very experienced, or was under some time pressure to deliver a usable sidearm, or both.
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