Hussar Blade?

[Ibrahiim al Balooshi]

Originally Posted by eftihis

Hi, to me it looks like an original French hussar blade that was re-used as an ottoman sword.
I think that after the NApoleonic wars there has been a surplus of weapons, (or a trade of remaining blades and parts). This could have been bought in France (or Russsia as a spoil of war), maybe together with other surplus in large quantities, exported to same parts of Ottoman teritory and re-fited according to the local fashion, and then travelled up to Crete.

Salaams eftihis~ I was meaning to add a post about the transition of Karbela and Turkish weapons down the red sea and across the Arabian region. I was considering the subject of "the adoption of the Hussars swords into the French armoury" and thus the Napoleonic wars and particularly Egypt and thus the influence onto arab swords.
I recently reintroduced the whole question of Hussars weapons onto the Ethnographic Forum with that in mind ~ clearly it is a subject that straddles both discussion groups. The incredible thread on that subject can be found on FORUM SEARCH...by typing in Hussars Swords and look for Notes on development of modern sabers - Role of Eastern Europe & the Hussars
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.