The Karabela is a style of Sabre popular across Eastern Europe, Russia, Central Asia and the Middle East in the 16th - 18th Centuries. The defining characteristic being the eagle's head (AKA Karabela) handle. They appear to have been a development of the earlier Persian style 'hook' handle, and became widely used across cultures, with diverse blade forms, and crossguard forms close to the Indo-Persian style 'star guards'.
Length: 100cm