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N Sperlo UberDork
5/28/12 5:12 p.m.

GRM Trust:

You are the know-alls, so maybe someone can tell me about my Sabre. Here are some pictures.

Woody GRM+ Memberand UltimaDork
5/28/12 5:34 p.m.

I thought you were going here:

carguy123 PowerDork
5/28/12 5:36 p.m.

Yup, it's a sabre.

N Sperlo UberDork
5/28/12 5:36 p.m.

Maybe it was made in India, too.

Anti-stance HalfDork
5/28/12 5:53 p.m.

stuart in mn UberDork
5/28/12 6:23 p.m.

Pretty decorative, my guess is it's a dress sword or it could be a ceremonial sword (like for Masons or some other fraternal lodge.)

N Sperlo UberDork
5/28/12 7:13 p.m.

It looks very similar to sabres used in the civil and revolutionary wars. I just have a hard time believing that it would be in that good of condition or that I would have possession of it.

griffin729 HalfDork
5/28/12 7:16 p.m.

Except for the etching, it looks kinda similar to the dance sword my girlfriend pick up for belly dancing a few years back. I'd say hang it on a wall and let it be decorative, or maybe learn to sword dance.

EDIT:

Just took a look at the girlfriends dance sword and it look very similar. Yours appears to be missing the brass rings that go through the small loops to attach the frog.

N Sperlo UberDork
5/28/12 7:27 p.m.

In reply to griffin729:

Awesome, thanks. It's a pretty cool looking sword, so I'm glad to have it. I took it out of my grandmas basement although I'm sure my K-bars are worth more.

So about this sword dancing. Does your girlfriend have a youtube channel? Or maybe a different-tube channel?

Apexcarver UberDork
5/28/12 7:38 p.m.

griffin729 HalfDork
5/28/12 7:45 p.m.

Yeah I'd have to say the KA-BARs are definitely worth more. The first version of my original post was rather negative on the construction of Made in India swords, one of the other reasons for the edit.

She herself does not have a youtube channel. There may be some videos floating around, but after a quick search I couldn't find any of her or her troupe. Though I did find a couple of a friend of ours who used to be in the troupe, and in the one linked she's even sword dancing.

N Sperlo UberDork
5/28/12 7:55 p.m.

I was more interested in your girlfriend dancing than the dance itself.

N Sperlo UberDork
5/28/12 7:56 p.m.

OH MY GOD IS THAT DUBSTEP SHES DANCING TO!!?!!?

The next pic will include me balancing the sword on my head.

1988RedT2 SuperDork
5/28/12 8:14 p.m.

Oh, so we've taken to rattling our sabres, have we?

griffin729 HalfDork
5/28/12 8:14 p.m.

Nope not dubstep. Sound a bit like Turkish techno. Though I have seen Gabi belly dance to Rob Zombie. Though a couple time a month she dances with these guys live on the south side of Indianapolis.