shashka
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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.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Shashka
- Weapon.image
- File:Sabel, schaschka - Livrustkammaren - 1315 (cropped).tif
- Weapon.caption
- Caucasian shashka
- Weapon.type
- Sword
- Weapon.sheath_type
- wood and leather decorated with brass, gold and silver.
- Weapon.image_size
- 200
- Weapon.origin
- Caucasus (Probably Georgia)
- Weapon.is_bladed
- yes
- Weapon.production_date
- 1600 to present (Still in use by Jordan's royal Circassian guard)
- Weapon.weight
- approx.
- Weapon.part_length
- approx.
- Weapon.blade_type
- Curved, single-edged
- Weapon.hilt_type
- Single-handed swept, Without guard
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Sabel, schaschka - Livrustkammaren - 1315 (cropped).tif
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- Commons category
- Shashka
- service entry
- 1834-01-01
- service retirement
- 1968-01-01
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- Etymology
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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.
==Etymology==