Szabla (Polish pronunciation:; plural: szable) is the Polish word for sabre. [1] The sabre was in widespread use in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth during the Early Modern period, especially by light cavalry in the 17th century. The sabre became widespread in Europe following the Thirty Years' War and was also adopted by infantry.

Karabela-Polish sabre (Szabla). Turkish sabre worn by Polish nobility (Szlachta) and elite warriors in 17th and 18th century. Sabre derivered from weapons of Ottoman Janissaries and Spahis.

In the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth (16th–18th century) a specific type of sabre-like melee weapon, the szabla, was used. Richly decorated sabres were popular among the Polish nobility , who considered it to be one of the most important pieces of men's traditional attire.

Resembling the original 17th-century sabres, the new 1921 pattern was based primarily on the sabres produced during World War I in small numbers for the Polnische Wehrmacht (retroactively designated "szabla wz. 1917"). The new sabre served as both a combat and ceremonial weapon of the Polish Army.

Dec 19, 2014 · The hussar szabla gives us a diversity of possible actions, as its anatomy fuses both Polish, Oriental and Western systems. There is no direct way to tell which actions were most often utilized, yet many of them have been transferred within different fencing systems.

Nov 11, 2013 · Hussars were armed by lance, guns and by Szabla – the famous Polish hussar sabre. Szabla, Polish sabre became a symbol of hussars and the Polish nobility (szlachta). Hussar sabre was a heavier than the original eastern sabre and it had a nearly closed hilt for a better hand protection.

This reproduction of an Polish 18th Century Hussar Saber / Szabla has a blade forged from tempered EN45 high carbon steel which is lavishly etched and embellished on both sides in scrollwork filigree; on one side of the blade is etched Hussaria and upon the other it is etched with Jesus Maria Josef Spes Mea (Jesus, Mary and Joseph are my my hope).

Szabla (Polish pronunciation: [ˈʂabla]; Polish plural: szable) is the Polish word for sabre. It specifically refers to an Eastern European one-edged sabre-like mêlée weapon with a curved blade and, in most cases, a two-bladed tip called a feather (pióro).