Russian Caucasian Cossack Shashka- Saber – СКФ(Cyrillic ) - Federation of the

Description

Russian Caucasian Cossack Shashka- Saber
– СКФ(
Cyrillic
) -
Federation of the Peoples of the Caucasus
Russian Caucasian Cossack Shashka
checker is a kind of long-bladed melee weapon that can deliver both stabbing and chopping blows.
The sword blade is single-edged, slightly curved, the total length of the weapon usually does not exceed one meter.
Sometimes (quite rarely) there are also specimens with one and a half sharpening.
The hilt of the checker consists of a curved handle without a guard, which is a characteristic distinguishing feature of this weapon.
The checker is intended for applying mainly chopping blows and has never been used for fencing.
This is indicated by the checker handle and the way the hand is placed on the handle. Basically, the checker was in service with the Russian army (Cossack and native regiments). The sharpness of the checkers was not fundamental for this weapon.
Checker length - 91 cm, with blade length – 75 cm, blade width
3,5
cm. The blade is sharpened on one side.
Blade material - stainless steel. Scabbard material - some kind of
leather
and bronze fittings
. The color of the metal is close to bronze.
Handle -
ornament bronze and bone
.
The scabbard and hilt are richly decorated with engraving.
Now the checker is recognized as a melee weapon.
The checker was made in Russia at the end of the 20th century. The saber is made in the image and likeness of the saber that was in service with the Cossacks and national regiments in Tsarist Russia.
In Russia, there are slightly different rules for owners of cold weapons - you can have such weapons at home or transport them if you have a document that you are a collector or you have a document allowing you to have a weapon.
Everything that has a length of more than 15 cm is a melee weapon.
Or the weapon is not sharpened.
This checker is not sharpened - if someone wants to, you can sharpen the checker. The metal is good -
steel 65G (spring)
.
Blade edge: brought under sharpening
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_K4Tp-AcRp4
The Cossacks borrowed this weapon from the Caucasus. It is believed that the Adygei (Circassians) invented the checker, from whom the Kuban and Terek Cossacks “borrowed” it. The checker was already known in the XII-XIII centuries, but for a long time it was only an auxiliary weapon that only complemented the saber or sword, and traced its lineage from a large knife. Initially, the saber was worn practically under the arm of the left hand, while it was always hung up with the blade up. In the Adyghe language, this weapon is called "seshkhue" or "sashkho", which means "big or long knife". The first written description of checkers dates back to 1625.