ON SALE!
WAS $2,995.

This is a very rare and a very special sword!
It is in as found condition and quite honestly should be left that way and appreciated as is.
Its “meaty” blade is slightly curved and features a single wide, unstopped, fuller in the fashion of early Hussar sabers. It is also stamped with 2 “so called” eyelash stamps that are so often found on 16th - 17th century Hungarian and Polish sabers. This mark, illustrated in the book Polish Arms, page 37 top, by Nadolski is simply referred to as 16h century. The blade is 28” long, but was most certainly shortened somewhat during its working lifetime.
The large carved wooden pommel is inset with a brass “bushing” very similar to the Turkish kijil.
Its grip is inset with green horn scales and secured by brass rivets. The rivets had their heads filed at some time. Perhaps they protruded above the grip when the wood and horn shrank from age. The simple iron cross guard features an outer ring guard. Overall the sword has a very deep aged and uncleaned patina.
It was probably manufactured around 1550 AD in Turkey or the Balkans, but can also be of early Hungarian manufacture.
You probably will never see another sword like this again!

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Price is firm.
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