New item Saber is older than: sabres. Obviously she's older than the word sabre, which seemed to enter the Western lexicon when Hungarians moved into Hungary. But even the concept of the curved sword seems to come later, based on 15 minutes of Wikipediing. Possibly 7th or 8th century. Which isn't too surprising, based on how hard ironworking is. It seems like Mongols and the like spread the curved sword from central Asia... where I'm guessing the curved shape would be good on horseback?
Obviously the Japanese like the word sabre based on how easy "seiba" is to pronounce compared to "suoruddo". Artoria's sword looks something like a spatha, being definitely too big to be a gladius. I'm half-tempted to say that the anime made Caliburn appear too big as an element of deconstruction.
Obviously the Japanese like the word sabre based on how easy "seiba" is to pronounce compared to "suoruddo". Artoria's sword looks something like a spatha, being definitely too big to be a gladius. I'm half-tempted to say that the anime made Caliburn appear too big as an element of deconstruction.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto