shotel
Sign in to saveA shotel () is a curved sword originating from northern Ethiopia and Southern-central Eritrea. The curve on the blade varies from the Persian shamshir, adopting an almost semicircular shape. The blade is often double-edged with a diamond cross-section and about in total length. Nearly universal is a three-piece rhinoceros horn hilt with no guard, identical to that of the jile or jambiya, though wood and later bakelite examples have been observed. The shotel was typically carried in a close fitting leather scabbard which was sometimes decorated with precious metals.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- Shotel
- Weapon.image
- File:Sabre etiopien (shotel).jpg
- Weapon.caption
- A shotel, scabbard, and Gasha shield.
- Weapon.origin
- Northern Ethiopian Highlands (Amhara, Tigray, Eritrean Highlands)
- Weapon.type
- Sword
- Weapon.is_bladed
- Yes
- Weapon.service
- Ethiopian Empire
- Weapon.used_by
- Army of the Ethiopian Empire (Chewa regiments)
- Weapon.weight
- avg.
- Weapon.length
- avg.
- Weapon.part_length
- avg.
- Weapon.blade_type
- Flat and curved
- Weapon.hilt_type
- No guard, usually rhinoceros horn
- Weapon.sheath_type
- Leather, often heavily decorated
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A shotel () is a curved sword originating from northern Ethiopia and Southern-central Eritrea. The curve on the blade varies from the Persian shamshir, adopting an almost semicircular shape. The blade is often double-edged with a diamond cross-section and about in total length. Nearly universal is a three-piece rhinoceros horn hilt with no guard, identical to that of the jile or jambiya, though wood and later bakelite examples have been observed. The shotel was typically carried in a close fitting leather scabbard which was sometimes decorated with precious metals.
==History==