06-30-2007, 11:20 AM
Quote: The Huns used an of two kinds sword. The name of the straight blade in the Hungarian: sword, the curve the name of a blade: sabre, on a Celtic language: saba*.Please provide an exerpt froma celtic dictionary where it states that [saba] is a celtic word with the meaning of one-edged sword?
Quote:They were useful first degree edging.Do you mean 'single-edged'?
Quote:Why was the shaft of the sabre a curve? His centre of gravity fell somewhere from horseback being useful and they cut with him primarily.I guess you mean 'slashed', as opposed to 'stabbed'?
Robert Vermaat
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FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)
MODERATOR
FECTIO Late Romans
THE CAUSE OF WAR MUST BE JUST
(Maurikios-Strategikon, book VIII.2: Maxim 12)