Sabres

thumb|right|Two styles of scimitars: an Egyptian shamshir (left) and an Ottoman [[kilij (right)]]

discipline of fencing

The shashka or shasqua (Abkhaz: Аҳәа, Асахәа; , – long-knife; Chechen: Гlорда, Гlурда/Терс-маймал; Dargin: ШушкIа; Georgian: ჭოლაური, ch'olauri; Ingush: Гурде/Г1ама; Lezgin: Шуьш; Ossetian: ахсан/ахсæн, Шашкæ; ) is a kind of Caucasian sabre: a single-edged, single-handed, and guardless sabre. The comparatively gentle curve of a shashka blade puts the weapon midway between a radically curved sabre and a straight sword, effective for both cutting and thrusting.

thumb|upright=0.6|Syrian shamshir from the Royal Armoury, Stockholm A shamshir () is a type of Iranian sword with a radical curve. The name is derived from the Persian word shamshīr, which is made of two words sham ("fang") and shir ("lion"). The curved "scimitar" sword family includes the shamshir, kilij, talwar, pulwar, and nimcha.

thumb|upright=1.3|right|Sabering the champagne bottle with a specialized dull sword thumb|Opening of Wine_bottle#Sizes|magnum bottle of the [[Champagne wine with a glass strike]] ' is a ceremonial technique for opening a sparkling wine bottle, typically Champagne, by striking it with a sword or similar implement. The blade is placed towards the base of the bottle and thrust along the length of the neck, where the force of the striking point hitting the lip breaks the glass to separate the collar from the neck of the bottle. The cork and collar remain together after separating from the neck. Th

'''''' (; plural: ) is the Polish word for sabre.

thumb|350px|Karabela sabre, 17th century right|thumb|150px|Karabela of King Sigismund III of Poland

cross-hilted, curved, scimitar-like sword

curved blade in Hungary

historic saber

type of cavalry saber