Review: Austro Hungarian saber by Universal Swords
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- ** Specifications **
Overall length: 100.5 cm (39.5 in)
Blade length: 85.5 cm (34 in)
Blade thickness: 8 mm (near the guard), tapering down to 4.5 mm (near the tip)
Weight: 1026 g
Scabbard weight: 1070 g
Point of balance: 19 cm (7.5 in) from the guard
Blade material: EN9 high carbon steel
Guard and fittings: Brass
Hilt assembly: Peened
Price: 218.95 USD
** Pros / Cons **
+ Light weight and appropriate balance
+ Nice aesthetic appearance
+ Well made scabbard
- Not strong and durable enough for serious practice
- Blade geometry makes it difficult to give it a proper edge
- Uncomfortable handle
** Verdict **
I cannot judge how historically accurate this reproduction of a mid-18th century military saber is, but in terms of performance I find it lacking. The guard loosened up from only a few medium impacts and the edge (sharpened by Kult of Athena) is barely even usable for cutting practice. The protruding brass fittings on the grip make it feel awkward in the hand.
It's unfortunate, since the overall handling characteristics are pretty good, and it's a very nice looking saber. It certainly has potential as a collector's item. It's just not for test cutting.
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It looks like a beautiful piece to practice my Bicycle Cavalry routine with.
Hahaha you're damn right
Where are the meetings sirrah?
Don't fall
i hope you try motorbike charge
@@condaana273 Holy shit, bro. You replied to my 7 year old comment.
I don't know why, but I laughed at that HEMA instructor:
"Nope."
+RegurgitatedNews I think it was the unexpectedness.
Hey Skall, I'm a Hungarian and I live next door to an antique sword merchant, I can confirm that the sword is 100% accurate in size and shape, and those annnoying little flowers are also present on the original.
I can't link a picture for some reason :/
Eredeti kardokat árulnak a szomszédodban? Tudsz adni egy linket ha van weboldala? Vagy legalább egy címet?
@@fransthefox9682 Hali, TH-cam nem dobdta fel hogy kommenteltél, most vettem észre. Weboldalról nemtudok, de a címük: 1055 BP, Szent István körút 1.
@djacks djacks Yeah, the turks invaded us and took over for over 150 years, after that we had plenty of curved swords.
@@BurpAtTheMoon Az nagyon messze van tőlem. :(
Én Dabason lakok és a XIX kerületben dolgozok.
@@BurpAtTheMoon De köszönöm!
thanks for the honest review playboy!
What an amazing channel this is. I discovered it yesterday and even though I have never had an interest in swords or weapons in general I have been watching the videos non-stop!
I really appreciate how professional Skall is about these reviews.
thanks for the review! I love how you put in so much detail. I'm looking for a performance sword, not a sharp 1, and your reviews help a lot. I'll recommend you to my friends :-)
Love the videos man! Keep up the awesome work!!
Good video as always Skall :) you're the best
The saber itself is a replica of the so called Hadik saber as you have mentioned. In the 18th century there were some attempts to standardize military saber types used in the Habsburg Armies. This did not really get off in the Hungarian part of the Habsburg Empire, until 1763 when the authorities succeeded in standardizing the blade length and types. The first standardized saber for the hussars was the Model 1768, made completely out of steel for the rank and file. The hilts were cast out of brass for the sub-officers with gilt brass hilts for the hussar sergeants. Sometimes even the blades were cast. The general shape of the saber was similar to this one only less ornate. The Hussar officers used a large variety of saber types based on their personal tastes and the depth of their pocket. There were though two very popular saber types in Hungary in the 18th century. The first one was this particular type shown by you, called fringia, named most probably after the Turkish term, frengh which means foreign, and it usually signified a lighter cavalry saber. The other type had a much broader blade, usually bearing the image of the Virgin Mary in the posture of the Queen of Hungary. These blades could have a width of 500 mm! I hope this helps!
They sell these as "battle ready." If they're not able to withstand a couple of blows, these swords should not be listed as "battle ready." I expect at least a "beater" when something is listed "battle ready." I realize nobody is going to go fight a war with these swords, but a few blows and the handle starts rattling around? Unacceptable.
Kult of Athena, you need to get your shit together and start labeling these swords better. Universal even sells "munitions grade" swords which they explicitly state are not for use. So if they're going to sell a full-price "use" model, it better be able to stand up to some beater use IMO.
Put this way: A $200 sword should be able to stand up to at least as much use as a $10 Imacasa machete. Yes you might need to use the sword on different surfaces because of the way it is designed, but it should withstand the shock of impact.
+TheSamuraiGoomba
You are correct. A functional sword should stand up to this usage better, and it is my understanding that these normally do. They have in our tests. What happened here is that the peen loosened and needs to be reset. This can happen on any peened sword, but should not happen so quickly.
As for the munitions swords. Universal does not offer munitions grade swords. Universal makes only one full price version of these swords. We are the ones who weed out the blades that are not quite up to standard and sell them at a reduced price, despite paying full price for them. The munitions grade is our designation, not Universal's. As Universal's US distributor, we have been working with them to help them up their game. They may not be perfect, but they are currently one of the best sword factories in India and do have a lot of potential. We have been seeing better and better product from them and new models are on the way now.
Ryan KOA
+TheSamuraiGoomba By "battle ready", they mean your the losing guy in the battle ;-)
+Kult Of Athena always surprises me when i find a distributer in the comments on youtube , i hope more consider doing the same.
@@iwantyourcookiesnow Witch makes you a perfect hungarian sadly XD
always enjoy watching your reviews mostly so I don't buy junk.
gotta love skall's honesty I will trust your judgment because your not afraid to tell the truth
Polish-Hungarian sabers are best sabers
haha no, you clearly haven't met a kilij. imitations are always doomed to be second best.
Don Radkos nah military sabers are way better
shamshir is better
@@kespec
Kilij means sword in turkish, so you are wrong.
Best blades are samshir wootz, yataghans and scimitars in wootz.
Krivoshije in wootz.
But polish karabela is very good and sometimes best sword, turks named them karabela meaning black danger, and they are not reproduction of turkish swords.
why
damn I was saving up for this exact one. Thanks Skall you saved me a few hundred dollars.
Thanks for the honest review.
My great grandfather was a royal dragoon in the Austro-Hungarian army, so I've always wanted a sabre like the one in all of his pictures. It's hard to tell for sure, but this looks a lot like the one he used to carry.
Holy cow! I got this sword a couple of weeks ago as my first functional sword ever, and I have to say, if this is not great then I'm highly looking forward to my future collection when I can afford a good sword. Whoo!
So basically, it is more of a ceremonial sword rather than a combat ready one ?
KaiserAfini Yes.
It was originally made for ceremonial "use" and was used in emergencies.
+Coach What the hell kind of emergency would a sword be used in?
+thescaredshadow say an attack on a wedding, or an assassin at a funeral, etc
+thescaredshadow An assault that happened during a ceremony? ^^
+Coach Well even a ceremonial sword should be built to handle actual use shouldn't it?
I feel weird about this thing. It would make a really good wallhanger, but the price is a bit high for that, on the other side it probably can cut a bit, but it doesnt look very durable
Very beautiful saber😍
So, when we see the Polish Szabla (saber) on your channel, Skall? It seems to me that interest in this type of sabers is big after adding videos with Richard Marsden.
Assuming you're polish, would you mind explaining to me why the polish saber is so popular?
+Robbie carter I think he's talking about the Hussar saber, which probably was among the best melee weapons ever made back then. Szabla's design was based upon the best elements of Hungarian, west European and Turkish sabers
+Robbie carter while traditional fencing isn't really popular in Poland (it's way easier to find am olympic fencing club), the saber comes from the times when Poland was a kingdom of considerable significance in Europe. Szabla is also an inherent symbol of Polish Sarmatian nobility.
+Robbie carter its a ripped of design from turks with some great improvements. im not polish but i can say that with this weapon polish - lithuanian commonwealth held most of the lands in eastern europe, saved europe from tyrkish and golden horde invasions. even when commonwealth got lazy the weapon crushed post ww1 red army and was even used in ww2
Robbie carter How do I know? I am not responsible for anyone's interest.
It is certainly something "new" and exotic, despite the fact that, Polish Commonwealth was the largest country (and with the largest population) in Europe in the sixteenth century. Nevertheless, the history of Commonwealth is almost unknown in the English-speaking world.
By the way Polish sabers were used the longest in Europe for military purposes. For example, they were used in the Battle of Komarov, which was the last cavalry battle in the history of Europe.
As for the rest of comments: Polish sabers was hardly influenced by the Turkish sabers for a long time. Early Polish sabers look like a combination of features of the Hungarian sabers with late forms of Messers. Later they underwent further changes. However, from the seventeenth to the twentieth century Polish sabers almost not changed at all.
skall what's with the audio
While the audio is better in this video than in the last two videos (excluding the Tactical one in which audio was like always) it still doesn't sound as good and crisp as usual in his videos, this one here sounding rather dull. Very strange.
+Gaseous Snake Oh good I'm not the only one
+Gaseous Snake yeah the audio sounds very low quality/muted, sounds like watching 240p yt, I at first though the video hadn't processed yet and I was watching 240p, but no, it's in 720p.
+Pierre Markuse Yeah, he's said before that the audio has been pretty weird lately
+Gaseous Snake If we're talking about Solid, and Liquid, your name makes perfect sense. But I always imagined it would be Vapor. Just a random thought I had.
I have one of their 19th century British sabre repros and can confirm, it takes a LOT of work to get it sharp.
Interestingly, Windlass (also based in India) typically sells swords unsharpened as well.
My guess is they have some export rule there that prevents selling them sharpened.
It looks like a beautiful sword!
Complaining about free stuff like a pro! always nice to watch.
Bloody hell, that thing is beautiful.
Just to let you know, Skall, the audio is a bit dodgy.
Hey skall!
Have you thought of making a myths vs reality video about medieval weapons and fights?
It would be cool, there's a lot of missconceptions about it, like that they used dull two handed swords that weighted about 20kg xD
Thank you for everything, your channel is awesome.
Sorry if I misspelled anything, i'm actually from catalonia xD
I have a peddle powered sharpening stone and was able to put a nice edge my windlass Falchion. Was wondering what your thoughts would be on possibly buying one of these, and filling the handle with epoxy? Heard of it being done before as cheaper knives and swords tend to have a very roughly made channel for the tang. I REALLY want to buy the French Napoleonic Husar's Saber since i recently saw the duelist and am hooked. Thanks!
I´m not particularly knowledgeable of sabers from that period, but we had big prints of depictions of Austro-Hungarian (K.u.K) mele wepons in army school and i remember one in particular since it was in front of our companys Spieß ( the highest nco for that company). I can`t remember any that were bent to that extend in fact most of them were (rather) straight bladed. Could be that this stands more in an hungarian tradition and is some sort of homage to the Hussars (Hussaren) since the hungarians were famous europe wide for their light cavalry units and a lot of hungarian aristocrats were cavalry men. These light cavalry units had their origins in some sort with the ottoman empire or at least the balkans, so therefore their sabers were probably bent like arabic blades. If i`m not completely mistaken. :-)
Did you know Skall, that you look like a hungarian tradition preserver? In fact that is one of the main reasons I found you channel. That and because I like old stuff.
Skall, I recently saw a junior officer's saber from the same country and time period in a museum and that one didn't have those things sticking out on the grip.
I love sabres! They're my second favourite type of blade, after the basket-hilt broadsword. My favourite sabre is probably the 1790 British heavy cavalry sabre, with the Model 1860 light cavalry sabre a close second.
the 1860 was a copy of the french 1822 "bancal " sword
Hello skal,
I wish to ask a question. Aside from ruining a sword's asthetics, would welding the grip/guard assembly to the blade cause any problems? I'd imagine the heat generated by the welding may cause changes in the molecular structure and maybe cause warping, but i have insufficient experience to draw a solid conclusion, and I reckoned I'd ask in the comments.
Hey Skall, what's your opinion on using this sword (or any of Universal Sword's sabers) purely for light practice? No contact with targets or other swords - just for practicing cuts and techniques.
Hey man that Sabre has a beautiful hilt
They are never gonna send you a free sword again! We all appreciate the honest review though!
Hey, Skall.
Sorry about my poor english.
I'm quite interested in sabers and I did watch your video about how to start a sword collection, but I still insecure about acquiring a saber.
Do you have any tips or adsives on the matter?
when are you gonna review your beard? i wanna know the queality, where ican get one and prive ://
Skall, have you considered picking up some spears or pole weapons, such as a viking spear or a halberd?
Skall, I know you aren't particularly interested in sabers, but are there any good examples of a ~19th/early 20th century saber that you would recommend for light cutting/tatami mats?
what would you say is the best variation of Scimitar or Sabre in your opinion
Can you give me a few examples?
Thank you
Hadik András is one of my ancestors, can't be more proud of it.
I've got a 1x30 belt sander that I use for sharpening, you should look into one.
I feel that the Austrians would carry gloves to battle I don't know if that's stereotyping or what.
+will o whisp I don't think that is a stereotype, wikipedia has quite a few nice depictions of Austro-Hungarian soliders, and (almost) everyone carrying a saber wears gloves
the ceremonial clothing (what you usually see on Wikipedia) always included gloves, yes.
+will o whisp
I see here a misconception. Austro-Hungarian Monarchy existed between 1867-1918 as a constitutional union. Before that there were the Austrian Empire/Habsburg Empire and Kingdom of Hungary- the latter ruled by the previous since reconquest Hungarian territories from the Ottomans (17th. c.). Hadik lived in the 18th. century, so he couldn't be Austro-Hungarian. He was ethnic Hungarian, born in Hungary, and served the Hungarian king- who was at the time the Habsurg emperor/empress
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria-Hungary
It's like once there was England and Scotland and after some wars they became British Empire...
In the Empire hussar regiments were recruited from Hungary, cuirassier regiments from Austria uhlans from (Polish) Galicia etc.
+Sauerkrautkopf I think, gloves were part of gala uniform. Just like elsevere in Europe, gloves were part of gentlemen's dress
+will o whisp In the XIX most cavalrymen would wear gloves. But still a handle had to be designed to be easy to use without them. Indeed the decorations of the hilt are too prominent and the "arms of the cross in the guard" should be one with the handle: the gaps that can be seen in 2:13 should not exist. I guess that is what happen when they try to mass produce something unique.
+will o whisp Swords are for many more occasions than just battle.
What are your camera's audio settings set on? And what are your video editor's audio settings?
You are right. The decoration in the handle is to big and rough. Even there should be no gaps between the "prongs" of the guard and the handle as it can be seen in 2:13. It should create the illusion of it being one with the handle.
Thanks for the review. I'm very interested in XIX century sabres, and was worried about receiving mixed reviews of Universal Swords, I guess it will be better for me to wait until I can find antique originals, although some could be good for reenacment.
+Alberto Miguel Pérez Rueda I was interested in Universal as well because of their range of models, but it looks like their quality is not where it should be.
Hey, Skal, do you have any other examples of 18th-19th Century Hussar sabres? Or is this the only sword of that period you currently own (if you still have it)?
Sounds like you've got 64kbps audio there Skall.
Check your export settings, and also check your sequence settings if you use something like Adobe Premiere. Check for any 64s, really.
5 Universal Swords employees disliked. It's really impressive to see that you don't shift your opinion of a work based on how it was acquired. Keep on with that professionalism, Skall.
How is it "Austro Hungarian" if it's mid 18th century? There was not Austria-Hungary until 1867.
Let's say "central Habsburg territory saber".
How can you do some sabre-rattling if your sabre doesn't rattle?
Hey, what do you think about the German Zweihander?
I find that sword quite beautiful! Maybe they will work on the guard a little?
is it a good blade to use for a custmom handle and hilt
the edge is fixable
One look at your face expression at the beginning of this video is worth more than a hundred words, Skall. :P
I own the 1798 Russian Calvary sabre from Universal Swords, very similar to the model shown here, and I must say I am more than happy with it for the price I paid. Granted, I dont clear brush with it and have only done light cutting but nothing has loosened at all, still very tight. For what I paid I can not complain in the least. A beautiful sword and scabbard. I am not sure if I banged it against tree limbs whether it would loosen or not but I dont plan on trying that, its really not why I buy these things.
I know that Skall is giving it abuse (hitting limbs with a sword is abuse to me) to show its durability or lack there of and that is fine if you are going to actually use it in battle, I guess. But seeing that I wont be using it that way it is more than fine for me.
To me the only real problem seems to be point of balance...a bit to awkward for me ...a few inches in would make it perfect. Looking at actual antiques, the POB tends to be between 4 to 6 inches...8 is a bit too much. But, again, I wont be fencing with it or actually use it for battle (really, does anybody use these for battle?). So, for what it is, what I paid, and what I do with it it is a good sword. For the casual collector of Napoleonic era swords, at the price they are, I think they are fine.
Can you talk about witcher 3 combat? would be cool =)
Please tell sth about Polish Hussar sabre
Now here's a question off topic. In a fantasy book(yes) I tripped over an interesting comment. In a description of a wavy flamberge was said, that in the middle-ages anyone caught on a battlefield with this kind of blade was executed on the spot without any due process. Were the injuries inflicted by it really THIS bad or is it said just for the looks?
hahaha^^ a friend of mine has an original of these^^
Concerning the weight of the scabbard, well it´s a cavalry saber, so would it even matter?
The blade is not that of a typical Hungarian saber, but looks French: it's exactly the profile of the 1822 light cavalry saber (which the US copied and adopted as the 1840 heavy cavalry saber), though the hollow-side/fuller pattern is different.
The nails of the grip are of course badly made. On originals, it's a small brass or iron nail, pinching a thin fileworked brass washer. It's there to help keep the leather in place on the grip. It isn't supposed to protrude that much, and doesn't have acute corners like that.
But now, regarding the guard having some play, it's also somewhat historical, at least on some French sabers. Oftentimes, a thick leather washer called the "cravate" (French for necktie) is pinched between the shoulders of the blade tang and the hilt, partly to absorb violent shocks, make the hilting a bit easier, and also to act as a joint with the scabbard lip. With time, if this cravate isn't maintained well, it may shrink or even fall to dust from dryness, and then the hilt would have some play. Even if it's very unpleasant, it's not really a problem, as the structural integrity of the saber isn't affected at all.
That's disappointing, Universal makes some beautiful reproduction sabres. Thanks for the review, Mr Skall.
Polish and hungarian sabers were very good cutting swords, the hussars the light cavalry was famous for there sabers, this means its a bad reprodution , what a shame, good review, keep up the good work dude :)
Is the quality of the blade good on these cheap swords? Will they shatter? I plan to buy something like this for practice and just sharpen it myself.
I would guess that the original purpose of the decorative brass bosses on the grip would've been to disguise rivets through the grip and the tang, like with French hussar sabres. But they haven't done that with this version. If they had there wouldn't be this wobble issue.
It's still a very nice sabre, but perhaps a bit too yellow. I'm guessing there's lacquer on the brass.
Would it be worth buying this and welding the handle in place?
I'm wanting to know of which steel is better stainless or carbon steel. For most people say stainless, and others say carbon steel. I've even seen people try doing test cutting with both steels, but don't don't show any proof.
these pieces protruding from the grip are called "langets". they are a typical element of hussar-style sabres. first they appear on hungarian and polish sabres in the 16th century, making their way westwards in the 18th century. prussian sabres and french revolutionary sabres have them, the british 1796 (which is based on a hungarian model, not a tulwar) indicates langets. the polish even retained them on the szabla wz.34, used in ww2.
the langets on this reproduction seem fairly bad made, usually they would be level with the grip or even submersed in the grip, so they provide no obstacle to the hand.
also this sabre was not intended for ceremonial purposes only, as some commentors suggest. hadik, as count and field marshal just would wear a more decorated sword, but his hussar troopers would carry the same style of sword, without decoration.
and it could be used without gloves.
there is an anecdote about hadik`s 1757 berlin raid. when controlling the city, he wanted to send a gift to empress maria theresia, so he demanded a dozen of fine lady gloves as tribute from berlin artisans. when send to vienna in a box, they discovered, that the stubborn berliners only made lefthand gloves.
so as a sign of courtesy, hadik and his officers decided to wear only their lefthand gloves too for a year. obviously they held their sabres without a righthand glove.
I want to buy a high end saber with awesome quality and performance. Is there a manufacturer out there that makes a very high quality saber?
Not bad looking from a distance. One for hanging in the hall and not looking at too closely.
If it is a reproduction of a sword from the 18th century, it's an Austrian sword, not an Austro-Hungarian sword (this empire wasn't called the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the 19th century)
+scarfacemperor It is rather Hungarian, not Austrian. Sabres were used by light cavalry and light infantry, which were recruited mostly from Hungary, Croatia, Galicia- the countries of origin of the type of troop. Heavy cavalry, grenadiers, artillery etc. used broadswords, hangers, (the officers spadroons).
Hey, great vid. But why not do some research to see how well it was reproduced?
So, judging from this and the Kyu-gunto Universal stuff has a somewhat durable blade, very nice scabbards, and a guard that's easy to break, and are overall decent as long as you don't do much other than really light cutting. Might end up picking one up when I have $ to spare.
I like the ''nope'' at 5:23
The good thing is that every antique saber I've ever handled has had a loose/semi loose hilt assembly, so it's historical!
Are you Danish? I'm new to the channel, just thought I would ask, just judging from accent.
My grandmother has an austro-hungarian cermeonial sabre that used to belong to my great great grandfather. The description fits, its heavy, impractical, dull and the scabbard is probably as heavy as the sword itself. Its also very decorative.
+Mighty Fiikus NOTE: It's just a wallhanger now.
hi skall, I dont think that you ever talked about pirates before like their swords pistols and fighting styles and I think it's a good idea for a video or something like that
:)
+Vegeta Try asking Lindybeiege and Scholagladiotoria that too.
+Vegeta Pirates are a very diverse group of people in their time, if they where trained in the navy of their original nationality that would be generally the style of combat they would use, there is not a "Pirate" style of combat other then being untrained and swinging a sharp stick around, because fencing school is expensive and fencing instructors pretty much where non existent in such groups to start with.
+Redneck Fury To add onto what he was saying, many pirates WERE in fact former sailors, and it isn't outside the realm of possibility that those with skill taught the more inexperienced ruffians that joined up. That said, the targets of pirate ships were merchant ships, not naval vessels.
Looks, coupled with your review, seem to put this in the $20.00 Swap Meet sword category.
first tzhing as some people already commented it is a ceremonial sword or for the going out uniform secon. thing about that cutting thing (i could be wrong) but it looks a bit like a saber used by horseriding units who wants to slit the enemy and not let the blade get stuck into it (i think you made a video about such a sword once)
Something happened to your mic I think, the sound over the last few videos sounds somehow dampened or something. Very unusual, considering your overall high quality standards.
i have an original paradesaber which belonged to my great grandfather. it looks a little bit different but there are similaritys regarding the overall styling/looks. i believe it is intended on mine that it is blunt. and it isnt that strongly curved as yours. :)
Nice Review as always, but don't bother to always excuse yourself for stuff like getting the Sword for Free, most of your community trust your judge independent of that.greetings from Germany :)
What about a 32000 layered and forged 15 times good sord or not
Just one question: Did you expect anything made in India/China to actually work properly and stay in perfect conditions? No offense, but the quality of this remake is the sin (yes, sin and not mistake) of it's remakers, and not the flaw of the design of the saber. I know, I'm subjective because my favourite weapon style is the saber. Still I'm happy you made this video, thank you!
An Hungarian type sword ! Awesome !!!
Skal, would you say the sword is still OK for light uses (e.g. cutting bottles/tatami mats) if properly sharpend?
+Inverse Matrix
Maybe. But I wouldn't be surprised if the guard loosened up even from that.
***** That's a shame, as I do enjoy the design and like the shape of the blade. Thanks for your reply.
I think that the sword is based on this one from the Hungarian Military History Museum: www.fehervarihuszarok.hu/foto_hadik/szabja.jpg
Seems to me that Universal just took their French Hussar Saber & dressed it up a little bit.
skallagrim, how is its blade durability?
"If it's functional, I do expect it to cut" - Skall :D
I've heard that cavalry sabers would be dull so that when the rider struck someone, it would break a bone and disable him, and another man would need to drag him off the field. I can't confirm this, but its still very interesting.
that complex but you not need a sharp blade
that make the sword more durable and cheap
Straight saber of frenchheavy cavalry was verry hevay and used more for crush than cut the victim
anyone know where to find a decent saber reproduction from?
Wrong mic used? Audio corruption/compression? Something's wrong! D:
Am I the only one who thinks the audio is fine on this video?
The sharpening job looks pretty bad, you can clearly see the grooves on the blade. :-/
Also, the brass decoration near the crossguard is asymmetrical (if you look from the top you can see one is closer to the crossguard than the other). Is that saber actually listed as "battle ready" (haven't checked it out on CoA yet)?
The Hungarian sabers of the 10th century are the most beautiful
This Saber was mostly likely for a general's use that's why its so decorative it would probably be used in ceremonies not for combat. and the testing well it's not for cutting wood but for people probably on horseback likely going for the neck.
cavalry saber do not use ljedi technolgy
Did it loosen up because of a weak-peening job, and, if so, would the "nut" they give on a lot of their swords be a sturdier attachment?
Also, on functionality, I think their swords are mainly for reenactment, not serious usage.
+Jeffrey S.
The main problem is that the opening in the guard is too large. The guard should be press-fitted or hammered onto the tang.