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SzablaSzabla was a saber-like melee weapon used in the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. It had a curved blade and was carried in a scabbard. The szabla was an almost obligatory status item for a szlachcic (member of the Commonwealth's noble class, which indeed took its name from a German word for "hacking" or "cutting"). The origins of the szabla can be traced to the oriental curved scimitars of the Ottoman Empire. The first type of szabla, the Hungarian-Polish (węgiersko-polska) szabla, was popularized among szlachta during the reign of King Stefan Batory in the late 16th century. Before his reign, the szabla was considered a plebeian weapon unworthy of the noblility. Other notable types of szabla included:
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