In Reply to: According to the Encyclopedia of Swords... posted by Victor Khomenko on May 13, 2000 at 06:55:46:
In US Navy, the sailors in boarding parties were issued curved sabers. It takes less training to hack and slash than to fence. Also, sabers are better for cutting rigging to disable the boarded ship. The officers, however, have straight swords to this day. Mine is still lying about somewhere.
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- Straight vs. Curved - KirkM 17:57:31 05/28/00 (0)