Katzbalger

Perhaps the most famous example of a Katzbalger is that of the military leader Ulrick von Schellenberg, dating from about 1515;

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A Katzbalger, if I remembered my history correctly. The blade was made of a dull gray metal. Tiny lines of black text were etched along the edges.

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'I have a musket, a bow, a Katzbalger blade and a watchful hound as sentinel.' 'Be careful, Christian.' 'My luck has held so far.' He slipped into the woods, leaving the fishing scene and the chatter of his countrymen behind.

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It also leads to the small cutting swords, the katzbalgers, the special sidearm of the lansquenets. Under influence of the Asiatic and the East European cavalry's single-edged, more or less curved weapons, sabres, came ...

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