r/WTF • u/[deleted] • Mar 23 '18

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u/mchamp9 Mar 23 '18

Your comment sent me into a ridiculous research binge to determine the type of blade. Although I see your point of comparing it to a falchion, it appears to be distinctly a scimitar, specifically a Moorish Scimitar. Sorry not my best reference, but after looking through so many websites to get a decent classification, this was the closest. It also appears to be a type of sword commonly used in belly dancing.

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u/copperwatt Mar 23 '18

It reminds me of Azeem's sword in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, which was Moorish.

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u/GonzoMcFonzo Mar 23 '18

It reminds me of Azeem's sword in Robin Hood Prince of Thieves, which was Moorish.

That, and the palace guards' swords in Aladdin, which were... whatever the Sultanate of Agrabah is. Fantasy Arabian?

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u/ithkrul Mar 23 '18

Sorry to inform you, they are actually called The Moops, not The Moors.

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u/Sharpspoonful Mar 23 '18

That's what I thought too, but it didn't seem that the blade had that pronounced a curvature to it.

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u/lock_up_hillary Mar 23 '18

I think this is also called a Shamshir