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A little redneck tameshigiri on a 10" roll of damp cardboard, with a 20oz szabla I forged out of 1075
Yeah, I pulled that one short. That's why we train lol.Great till that last cut !
I've considered welding a knucklebow onto this one-I think it'd look good that wayLove those sabres.
The Hungarian sabre is the traditional blade of my people which evolved from the Avar sabre. These had simple hilts with just a cross guard.
Its easier to switch the shashka from one hand to the other while on a horse without it having that guard.Love those sabres.
The Hungarian sabre is the traditional blade of my people which evolved from the Avar sabre. These had simple hilts with just a cross guard.
Interesting to see how most sabres evolved to have knuckle bows and basket hilts, but the Russian (cossack originally I believe) Shaska has no hilt. (Edit: sorry I meant has no cross guard)
The polish sabres (szablya) retain that original cross guard hilt often.
Its easier to switch the shashka from one hand to the other while on a horse without it having that guard.
Thanks-had to hunt down some pics from when I widened the main fullerQuite impressive stuff. I'd love to see some pictures of the overall and specifics. I am assuming that when you mention welding on a knuckle guard you mean attaching to the hilt and not welding to the blade itself but we don't see your hilt assembly in your short video.
The cutting is quite a testament to sharpness and form with such a light blade. I have been surprised myself with some of my period swords which are similarly well less than 2lbs. Some index and aim an edge better than others but practice makes perfect.
Cheers
GC