Karabela

Karabela sabre, 17th century
Karabela of King Sigismund III of Poland

A karabela was a type of Polish sabre (szabla) popular in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Polish fencer Wojciech Zabłocki defines a karabela as a decorated sabre with the handle stylized as the head of a bird and an open crossguard.[1]

  1. ^ Wojciech Zabłocki, Cięcia prawdziwą szablą, ISBN 8321726011, p. 12