Karabela

KarabelaThe Karabela is a style of Sabre popular across Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East in the 16th 18th Centuries. The defining characteristic being the eagle's head (AKA Karabela) handle. They appear to have been a development of the earlier Persian style 'hook' handle, and became widely used across cultures, with diverse blade forms, and crossguard forms close to the Indo Persian style 'star guards'. Length: 100cm

which now lends it's name to shoes

(draw a straight line between the two tips - the distance from that line to the core at the point where the core is furthest from the line)

Pictured: Swept (left) next to smallsword

Photo: Hannah's Happy Snaps

In the era of musket-line warfare

The Swiss Sabre is a lightly curved 2 handed sword with an elegant complex guard and one quarter basket

used by British soldiers in the Napoleonic wars

they have been made in many forms

and the cutting axe head

and the basket here will hold strong against strikes and protect your hand and forearm

aka 'false' edge (called a yelman)

Kerri-Rose Jones