Low rank Cossack shashka, wz. 1881

Overall length of saber in scabbard 1029 mm, length of saber 996 mm, length of head 858 mm, width of head at base 33 mm, thickness of back at base 6 mm, weight of saber 860 g, weight of saber in scabbard 1345 g.

Hand open, brass binding. Wooden shaft, diagonally notched, framed by a wide ring at the bottom. Forked head in the form of a simplified bird's head in profile, with a hole for a sling, fixed with a screw on the shaft of the head. On the outer side of the ring a punca in a rectangular frame written in Cyrillic letters "ZLAT.OR.FAB." On the inner side of the head and ring receiving punches. Steel head, polished, with slight curvature. Profiled on both sides into a single adventitious groove, filling almost the entire surface of the amphibian. A hinged feather with a boney point. The staff is symmetrical. On the inner threshold beaten punches: two letters "A" and the number "5". On the outer threshold punch: around the double-headed eagle in Cyrillic "ZLATOUST/ORUZ.FABR." and the year "1905". Corrosion neutralized. P o c h w a s made of wooden shells, lined with leather. Brass hardware. Neck with a catch on the inner side, below a riffle with a movable butt on the incisal side. The scabbard ended with a viscera. On the ferrules punches. By the saber a leather field sling.
state of preservation: 5/4-/5