Lucky enough, it is here:
http://www.myArmoury.com/view.html?features/pic_hussar20.jpg
http://www.myArmoury.com/view.html?features/pic_hussar21.jpg

Thanks again, Sa'ar -- that is one of my all-time favorite pics of a Hussar saber, courtesy
of the folk right here at myArmoury !



A side note here about a detail on my saber : The Diamond shaped peening of the butt
cap was by my own request and a personal tribute to a fellow sword enthusiast and
craftsman, Henry Ahmu. And a thankyou to Mark G. for remembering to include
the detail.

Let's all take another look, so back up to the front for awhile, and I would also
like to thank OlliN Sword Design for including this project on their Custom
Shop page at their websight. B-)

http://ollinsworddesign.com/osd-custom.html

Hi Matthew!

I wonder if you can tell us what's the weight of the weapon?

I'm searching for info about polish sabers and that info would be very useful.

Beautifull sabre!
Do you have the specs? How does it handle?
My sabre expreience is limited to the Mil.heritage Haidrick. Compared to the medevial blades, the Haidrik has so much forward momentum that it sometimes litteraly pulls itself out of your hand at full swing, so that you end up holding it by the handguard...
I was wondering if the thumb ring could be to stop this from happening?

Thanks again, Jonathan. Let me ask you, and I know it appears I'm looking
for confirmation that weights and widths and lengths and such can varry in a
Polish saber ( or in any sword ), might you agree that such was likely ?

When I take the time to look at antiques, some DO look pretty beasty. But its
rare I run into more stats than length, for instance. And unless the sword is
pictured " in hand " its difficult to size it up accordingly. As I keep wondering,
and I've done this because it HAS been suggested my two recent acquisitions
are " over built " ( and remember, while done privately nobody has been negative
in their shared thoughts, quite quite the contrary ! ), it would seem MORE THAN
likely to me that ANY sword-type might varry in weight, length, etc etc ... and even
the best reproduction -- by a company or an individual -- might be seen in the
same light .... hmmm.

I will try to post some pictures when I get home of some different types of sabre blades found in Poland.
Point is , they were various types from "czeczuga" - similar to "shamshir" blade that is light and unfullered and long, to "heavy" beasts, such as "Szabla nadworna oddziałów księcia Radziwiłła" with blade about 6cm wide at base (but short)
The hussary sabres usually sported "hammer" , sometimes confused with false edge. . Anyway, there were lot of different stuff , so the weights would vary, depending on purpose that sabre was made for.
I will try to scan some pictures and post later

Ok. Here's what I have dug up in "Leksykon Broni Białej i Miotającej" by Włodzimierz Kwaśniewicz, Wydawnictwo Bellona, Warsaw, 2003.
First: the "monster size" , aforementioned "Szabla oddziałów nadwornych Karola Radziwiłła" (Sabre of court regiments of Karol Radziwill), 1.7 kg; 108 cm overall length, beginning of XVIII century:
[ Linked Image ]
Second: the light side of "battle" sabres, czeczuga, also known as "fiddlestick", 'Armenian' style, blade length 80-90 cm; 0.7-0.8 kg (estimated, may need correction).
[ Linked Image ]
There were "costume" sabres that weighted around 0.6 kg, but guess civilian ones does not count :)
Hussar or "black" sabres are stated at around 0.9 kg, usually shown with closed hilts , sometimes with "furdyment" (cage). Typical stats:
grip length: 90-100 mm
pommel length: 35-50 mm (measured perpendicular to grip, I guess)
quillon length : about 720 mm
Angle of guard to quillon: 100-105 degrees
Blade length: 825-870 mm
blade width 27-31 mm
"feather" (false edge) length: 135-230 mm
Point of Balance: 70-80 mm (measured from pivot, or so it's stated)
[ Linked Image ]
Hilt types, right, hussar hilt, note guard does not touch the pommel; left, half open- half closed.
Actually in the book I found only two depictions of half open-half closed hilt:
[ Linked Image ]
Top, parade sabre, around year 1770; bottom, battle saber , first half of XVIII century; fairly late ones;
Still this book is by no means extensive source; I've got "Dzieje Szabli w Polsce" ("History of Sabre in Polabnd") by same author incoming via mail in a day or two;
Unfortunately, I found no Zablocki's book around, but he is rather good source, being both olympic sabre medalist and an architect (so he can both fence and draw); still sometimes one just use some artistic license when drawing things, in good faith, but sometimes misleading.
As for S. wz 34 (Sabre, pattern 1934) it's weight is stated at 0.91 kg, with 82.5 cm blade, note that blade is patterned after French light cavalry saber , pattern 1822 rather than "national" ones; there were some nasty quality tests for S. wz. 34, like cutting 5mm rebars. or dropping from 2meters on 2mm steel sheet point-first and achieve penetration, all that without damage to blade . :eek:

Great pics and info, Lukasz ! For those who didn't convert the measurements, the monster-size
saber weighs in at 3.7 pounds ( which I'll gather includes the scabbard ? ) and is 42 inches in
total length ( which might translate to a blade-length of around 35 or so inches ) ...

And thankyou for the link, Jonathan. It does appear we ARE learning that the Polish War Saber
was not -- at least perhaps not always -- a certain standardized shape and form.

Lukasz, I was looking through your rather interesting inputs and the second photo cought my eye: the so-called "Armenian". It looks like a renaissance of the Magyar/Avar saber of the 10th-11th centuries.