Classifying shashka--a serious discussion of typology

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Thank you both Estcrh and Ariel,
Yes, the photo is just what I meant, after the Russian-Caucasian war, and despite their position in the Ottoman court, one can not see any exaggerated fittings on the shashkas or the kindjals... modest weapons carried for the aim
Since it is an other subject, and remembering that some other older threads had already discussed about it, here I add a photo with a "chate" (чатэ) = saber in Circassian (Tatar sabre or ordynka???) and other "regular" Circassian armory. To note again, the real Circassian word for the saber or sword is "chate", not "shashka" or "seshkho"

Ariel, maybe we can discuss about the plain, even flat misourkas later, for I think they were the original ones in the Caucasus, and the high and pointed ones were introduced sometime later with the impact of the European-Russian aristocracy.
Thanks again.