Russian M1881 Dragoon Officer Shashka Sabre

Russian M1881 Dragoon Officer Shashka Sabre

Replica of a military shashka of the Russian dragoons  1811 model . The shascka (Circassian for long knife) is a sabre of Caucasian origin. The Cossacks living there still use this traditional sabre as a standard weapon in their cavalry units. It has a wooden handle and a brass handguard with the typical ring at the end

It also comes with a matching, leather-wrapped wooden scabbard with brass fittings.

Details:

- Material: Spring steel EN45

- Overall length: approx. 89 cm

- Blade length: approx. 76 cm

- The blade is not sharpened 

- Including steel scabbard 

- Weight (without scabbard):  approx. 820 g