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Old 26th November 2006, 10:45 PM   #16
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Originally Posted by S.Al-Anizi
As to the shamshir, I always thought that had too much of curve, to use for anything other than swinging cuts from horseback.
I disagree, Saqr. Certainly the extremely curved examples are nearly useless for a linear thrust, and far from optimal for any thrust, but a slash from an unmounted fighter would work just fine with those.
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