The SHASHKA: what, whom, where, when and how?

[Yannis]

Fine thread! There are a lot of things we can write about shashkas. In my personal taste, from all the swords I have in my collection, a shashka is the most well balanced. Very good info about shashkas, where my poor knowledge is obvious, exist in this thread.

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?t=266

One thing I have heard is that the split in the pommel was used for holding the musket steady for better shooting. I don’t know if it is true. Can you confirm it?

Talking about georgian swords, it is a pitty that some late copies destroyed the fame of the antique ones. I envy the winner of this. He got a nice piece in my humble opinion.

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Originally Posted by ariel

And, to boot, Georgian food and wines have few equals:

Ah, the georgian wine! The best red I have ever taste was local made in a poor village. If you visit Georgia be prepared for endless toasts.

[Radu Transylvanicus]

And I finally found & ordered that famous Astvashaturian book "ORUJIE NARODOV KAVKAZA", the 2004 re-vised edition, 430 pages and gazilion pics, cant wait to finally see it. Costed me almost three gas tanks, though... better be worthed.