Sabre

A Sabre is a mostly curved type of backsword (i. e. a sword with a single-edged blade). Different types of sabres are (classic) sabres of heavy cavalry, middle eastern scimitar type sabres, Mongolian khelmes, medieval falchions, Chinese dao and Japanese katana. A modern version of the sabre exists in the sport of fencing, but hat totally different data.

A sabre consists of the blade, a mostly rather large hand guard and a hilt.