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Originally Posted by Andrew

Hi Teodor. Cool swords.

Quick question: are the bird-head pommels common? Characteristic of any particular culture/region?

It could be, yet it is the only one I have seen on a sword of this type. I think there was a theory that the karabela pommel is actually a stylized eagle head, and eagles appear on the coats of arms of both Poland and Russia. Honestly, I really do not know what the significance of this pommel could be.