Where did the SABER come from? Which swords influenced it?

A great question from Patron Alex Cheng: What swords influenced the development of European sabers?

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[cloudcleaver]

When a mommy saber and a daddy saber love each other very much...

[quen_anito]

The way Alex Cheng phrased the question make it seem like he already knew the gist of the answer and just needed and expert to flesh it out more. It's an interesting topic. Perhaps you can do an extended video about this, maybe as a colab with Tod?

[artemisdarkslayer]

Maybe a series of long videos? Each one covering potential influence and how they could have influenced and then a big one at the end that brings it all together?

[anordenaryman.]

An interesting note from the Hungarian language.
Szabya - the Hungarian name for the saber
Szab - to cut
Szabo - a tailor (someone who cuts to size)
Szabni - To cut to size

From this I suspect the word saber might have Hungarian origins. Literally something that cuts. Just a theory.

[senatuspopulusqueromanus]

Another day with a new video from both Matt and Tod!!!

[Annathroy]

My last name (biological) is Sabljak (Sabre with a 'k' at the end of it.)
Could mean my ancestors were either wearing sabres, making them, were sabre warriors or whatever. So thats interesting.

[MrDaewen]

I absolutely think you should map out the main influences for European military sabers. I wouldn't care if it was an hour plus video I would watch. Your research methodology seems quite accurate and complete judging by previous subjects you've covered. Please do this.

[gyorgygyorfi]

You've talked a lot but said nothing.
1. Curved one edged swords appeared in the same time between Central Asia (turkic nomads, alans) and the Karpathian basin (avars).
2. It become standard sword of all eastern nomads and they transferred it to China, India and Africa(Mamluks).
3. Hungarians had sabres originally, but they took the straight swords with the christianity.
4. When Otoman turks with sabers attacked Hungary the hungarians adopted the light cavalry and their sabres.
5. Hungarian hussars begin fashionable as the Habsburgs got the rule over Hungary and started to use hussars in all their wars from the Schmalkalden war. to the Great War.
6. The polish got hussars when a hungarian nobleman Istvan Batory Princeps of Transilvania was elected to be king of Poland.
7.The european saber was taken over when all european powers established hussar regiments and took all uniforms too (tshakos, cherry picking trousers, dolmans, cadettes, moustaches etc.)
Wiki:Bavaria raised its first hussar regiment in 1688 and a second one in about 1700. Prussia followed suit in 1721 when Frederick the Great used hussar units extensively during the War of the Austrian Succession.[32]

France established a number of hussar regiments from 1692 onward, recruiting originally from Hungary and Germany, then subsequently from German-speaking frontier regions within France itself. The first hussar regiment in the French army was the Hussars-Royaux (Royal Hussars), raised from Hungarian deserters in 1692.[33]

[labbyshepherdpuppy]

From “long ago…. In a galaxy far, far away…”

[lindybeige]

I refuse to watch this video until you spell SABRE correctly.

[moralkamikaze]

My answer would be the 8/9th century magyar sabre. Then into Turkey (kilij) Arabia (shamshir) the Caucasus (shashka). Then through the ottoman empire, back through the hapsburg empire in Poland and Hungary. Then into Western Europe. Up to this point I would suggest the bulk of historical European swords were based on an evolution which began in Greece, then Rome, migration era and viking into the early medieval sword which became cruciform with the spread of Christianity.

[Alhamdulillahist]

Happy to see you're back to more regular uploads

[InSanic]

Whoa, one of Matt's "short" videos is actually pretty short for once! Not that I mind the long videos...

[MajorMorrozov]

Id like a video on how the shamshir as we think about came around. early persian/indian swords like sabers. as i understand they are over 2000 years old in basic concept. single edge curved(later) highly curved blades with single handded pommels

[johnladuke]

Where do sabers come from? Have a seat, it's time for a talk. You see, when a blacksmith and an ingot of steel love each other very much....

[londiniumarmoury]

Just in time Matt, this video will go great with my evening break and coffee, then back to quenching.

[beowulfshaeffer]

Another question: since you've talked about flail weapons recently, what are you thoughts on the European cosh/slungshot, the Asian meteor hammer/rope dart/kusari, or the Polynesian rope club, etc? Do you think the ornately carved spherical stones of Celtic make could have been used as loads for such weapons?

[verify]

I absolutely love a video mapping the origin of weapons. Maps and other visual aids would just make it 100x better

[nickmccrite]

This is amazing. For the last week or so I’ve been pondering, and would love your input as to whether the saber is the ultimate evolution of the true fighting swords.

[harjutapa]

I would 100% love to see a 2 hour lecture from you on this subject.
But maybe break it up into smaller chunks for the algorithm