Interesting and Unusual 19th Century South Russian Sword Shashqa, broad curved single edge blade 78ms cut with a broad and a narrow fuller, iron ferules, 2 piece black horn grips secured by 3 pairs of rivets, tall eared pommel, in an associated (?) iron mounted Afghan style wooden scabbard (covering missing). Good condition, some age wear overall. Note: of interest is the form of the iron bolsters, the brass cover plates of the bolsters, and the shape of the tiny finial projecting from the end of the gripstrap, all of which are very closely similar to those found on Afghan Khyber Knives.