Shamshir Shikargar
| Shamshir Shikargar | |
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| Information | |
| Weapon type: | saber |
| Designations: | Shamshir Shikargar |
| Use: | weapon |
| Region of origin / author: |
Persia , ethnic groups from Persia |
| Distribution: | Persia |
| Overall length: | about 90 cm to 99 cm |
| Blade length: | about 74 cm to 86 cm |
| Handle: | Wood, horn, metal, ivory |
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The Shamshir Shikargar is a saber from Persia.
description
The Shamshir Shikargar (Pers. "Hunter's Sword") has a curved, single-edged blade. The blade becomes narrower from the handle to the location . The place is pointed. The booklet is worked like the booklet of the Talwar . The pommel is disc-shaped. The scabbards are usually made of wood covered with leather or fabric. The blade material ranged from simple steel to the finest Wootz steel available at the time. The Shamshir Shikargar was mainly made in Persia and India. The difference to the usual Shamshir is that the Shamshir Shikargar was only used for hunting and that hunting scenes are engraved on its blade.
Individual evidence
- ↑ George Cameron Stone, Donald J. LaRocca, A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration and Use of Arms and Armor: in All Countries and in All Times, Courier Dover Publications, 1999, page 552, ISBN 978-0-486-40726 -5
See also
literature
- Howard L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century: With 288 Illustrations , Courier Dover Publications, 2000, page 47, ISBN 978-0-486-40961-0
- Nick Evangelista : The encyclopedia of the sword , Greenwood Publishing Group, 1995, page 537, ISBN 978-0-313-27896-9
Web links
Commons : Saber - collection of images, videos and audio files
