Editing Sabre (section)

====Mameluke swords====
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Though the sabre had already become very popular in Britain, experience in Egypt did lead to a fashion trend for [[mameluke sword]] style blades, a type of Middle Eastern [[scimitar]], by some infantry and cavalry officers. These blades differ from the more typical British ones in that they have more extreme curvatures, in that they are usually not fullered, and in that they taper to a finer point. Mameluke swords also gained some popularity in France as well. [[Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington]], himself carried a mameluke-style sword. In 1831, the 'Mameluke' sword became the pattern sword for British generals, as well as officers of the United States Marine Corps; in this last capacity, it is still in such use at the present time.