Thank you. I would have loved to put way more details of the history into the Video. To really do this topic justice i would have to make a long series of videos XD. What i did is just a really simplyfied overview.
From Ken Muska... I have a relative who was supposedly a chief/ataman back in the 1820s or somewhere close to that era. He was 6 generations from me. I think he was a grandfather but could have been an uncle of mine. How would I go about finding who he was? I am very proud of my Slavic/Caucus heritage.
Thanks bro! Great work. Talking about shashkas is always pleasure to my heart. I own a couple of these myself and love thair predatory charm very much. Say bro: are you a native Russian speaker? Cause l am and got a strong suspicion you are too... But any way... Thank you for the job. It's awesome!
Hey man, nice to hear, one can never have enough shashkas ;). I am from Germany, but my family is a pretty mixed bunch XD. But I had Russian in school too.
Kuban Cossacks were still using their 17th century Shabla passed down from grandfather to son during Bohdan Kmelnetsky uprising some 60000 swords were taken from the enemies and passed to the Zaporozhian Sich to equip more Cossacks for future battles. The Polish Commonwealth amassed 150000 troops by 1656 only 18000 of them survived they returned back to Poland as a weaken army .
To be fair, 17th. Century cossack blades are a wild and beautiful mix of different weapons. Some ottoman, some polish a lot of different styles. I for myself love the hungarian Sabres of the periode that the cossacks also used. How much further in time they used their weapons I can not tell. But if someone takes care of a blade, there is no problem with it to keep it in the family for hundreds of years. Ww1 cavalry units partially used blades from 1790s and napoleonic era later in the war... so I don't think there is no problem in using older blades. This is my speculation, but I can see that it happend.
I loved your video,if you want to know how the Cercasian people used the Sashka you can check the folklore dance in Egypt called Tahteeb . They got it from us Cercasian when ruled over in the Middle East.
Before i can give a valid answer to that, i am going to test some more blades. In general i would recommend comissions by professional bladesmiths. But this can get pretty expensive, so i am searching the Internet for some good ones. The next one i will test is one from peserey handycrafts. :)
Eine Frage zum Schaschka. Mittelalterliche europäische Schwerter werden ja gehärtet, so dass das äußer hart ist und der Kern weich, damit die Klinge flexibel bleibt. Ist ein Schaschka dann komplett gehärtet oder haben die auch eine weicheren Kern?
Die Bauweise und das Material ist für den Härtevorgang entscheidend. Ob nun ein härterer Kern eingelegt wird, der dann die Klinge bildet, oder aber die Klinge komplett angelassen wird da sie aus einem "homogeneren" Stahl besteht bestimmt dann das Verfahren. Im 18.jahrhundert ist man größtenteils, bis auf meist Äxte komplett auf "Federstahl" gegangen. Also ein Stahl mit seinem carbonanteil dazu geeignet ist komplett gehärtet zu sein. Das Sandwichverfahren ist eher noch im ostasiatiachen Raum gebräuchlich gewesen, wobei auch in Japan ab dem 17.jhrd auch statt dem mit Tamahagene laminiertem Stahl, Federstahl benutzt wurde. Also kurz gesagt, die shashkas die ich in der Hand hatte, vom 19. Bis ins 20. Jahrhundert waren alle aus homogenen Stahl der a gelassen wurde damit er seine federnden Eigenschaften hatte. Ob aus Materialengpässen oder dem Level an Knowhow auch andere Methoden großartig zum Einsatz kamen kann ich nicht sagen.
at 2:35, the far right hilt pictured is a not a shashka. That's a "kabiani khmali" from Guria, also called a "skirted sabre". I recommend this paper: www.academia.edu/14723908/SWORDS_AND_SABERS_OF_WESTERN_GEORGIA_WITH_INCLINED_HILTS_AND_WITHOUT_CROSSGUARDS_AND_THEIR_PLACE_IN_THE_EVOLUTION_OF_CAUCASUSIAN_EDGED_WEAPONS
Thank you for the hint. I know this article. The complexity of the topic makes it quiet Hard. I took this Image for a better depiction of the hooks wich can be more or less predominant on these Kind of blades.
This is the best shashka history video on UA-cam
Thank you very much
Do you know what is the thickness of the spine of the blade at the handgrip and at the tip of some of the Caucasian shashka?
You do great research, and present it well. 💯
Thank you for your feedback:)
Nicely done! Thanks for the video.
hey man, you made a hell of a research on shashka story!!! thank you, it was very interesting to listen!!!! Thank you!
Thank you. I would have loved to put way more details of the history into the Video. To really do this topic justice i would have to make a long series of videos XD. What i did is just a really simplyfied overview.
From Ken Muska... I have a relative who was supposedly a chief/ataman back in the 1820s or somewhere close to that era. He was 6 generations from me. I think he was a grandfather but could have been an uncle of mine. How would I go about finding who he was? I am very proud of my Slavic/Caucus heritage.
Thanks bro! Great work. Talking about shashkas is always pleasure to my heart. I own a couple of these myself and love thair predatory charm very much. Say bro: are you a native Russian speaker? Cause l am and got a strong suspicion you are too... But any way... Thank you for the job. It's awesome!
Hey man, nice to hear, one can never have enough shashkas ;).
I am from Germany, but my family is a pretty mixed bunch XD. But I had Russian in school too.
Kuban Cossacks were still using their 17th century Shabla passed down from grandfather to son during Bohdan Kmelnetsky uprising some 60000 swords were taken from the enemies and passed to the Zaporozhian Sich to equip more Cossacks for future battles. The Polish Commonwealth amassed 150000 troops by 1656 only 18000 of them survived they returned back to Poland as a weaken army .
To be fair, 17th. Century cossack blades are a wild and beautiful mix of different weapons. Some ottoman, some polish a lot of different styles. I for myself love the hungarian Sabres of the periode that the cossacks also used. How much further in time they used their weapons I can not tell. But if someone takes care of a blade, there is no problem with it to keep it in the family for hundreds of years. Ww1 cavalry units partially used blades from 1790s and napoleonic era later in the war... so I don't think there is no problem in using older blades. This is my speculation, but I can see that it happend.
I loved your video,if you want to know how the Cercasian people used the Sashka you can check the folklore dance in Egypt called Tahteeb .
They got it from us Cercasian when ruled over in the Middle East.
Super interesting!! Thank you!!
Your welcome :)
For @12:21, You might check 6:38 in the video below but its in Russian which I don't speak:
ua-cam.com/video/bFCA_Mq5xD8/v-deo.html
hey, thank you for the link.
@@shashkapursuit4440 Your welcome :) As a Circassian, it was interesting to hear about history of the Shashka.
Where do you recommend purchasing one from?
Before i can give a valid answer to that, i am going to test some more blades. In general i would recommend comissions by professional bladesmiths. But this can get pretty expensive, so i am searching the Internet for some good ones. The next one i will test is one from peserey handycrafts. :)
Eine Frage zum Schaschka. Mittelalterliche europäische Schwerter werden ja gehärtet, so dass das äußer hart ist und der Kern weich, damit die Klinge flexibel bleibt. Ist ein Schaschka dann komplett gehärtet oder haben die auch eine weicheren Kern?
Die Bauweise und das Material ist für den Härtevorgang entscheidend. Ob nun ein härterer Kern eingelegt wird, der dann die Klinge bildet, oder aber die Klinge komplett angelassen wird da sie aus einem "homogeneren" Stahl besteht bestimmt dann das Verfahren. Im 18.jahrhundert ist man größtenteils, bis auf meist Äxte komplett auf "Federstahl" gegangen. Also ein Stahl mit seinem carbonanteil dazu geeignet ist komplett gehärtet zu sein. Das Sandwichverfahren ist eher noch im ostasiatiachen Raum gebräuchlich gewesen, wobei auch in Japan ab dem 17.jhrd auch statt dem mit Tamahagene laminiertem Stahl, Federstahl benutzt wurde.
Also kurz gesagt, die shashkas die ich in der Hand hatte, vom 19. Bis ins 20. Jahrhundert waren alle aus homogenen Stahl der a gelassen wurde damit er seine federnden Eigenschaften hatte. Ob aus Materialengpässen oder dem Level an Knowhow auch andere Methoden großartig zum Einsatz kamen kann ich nicht sagen.
Slavic katana
Nein
It’s actually a Circassian/Adyghe katana.
at 2:35, the far right hilt pictured is a not a shashka. That's a "kabiani khmali" from Guria, also called a "skirted sabre". I recommend this paper: www.academia.edu/14723908/SWORDS_AND_SABERS_OF_WESTERN_GEORGIA_WITH_INCLINED_HILTS_AND_WITHOUT_CROSSGUARDS_AND_THEIR_PLACE_IN_THE_EVOLUTION_OF_CAUCASUSIAN_EDGED_WEAPONS
Thank you for the hint. I know this article. The complexity of the topic makes it quiet Hard. I took this Image for a better depiction of the hooks wich can be more or less predominant on these Kind of blades.
That’s Shashka for sure, translates from my language as long knife 🥷