The sabre owes its heritage to the Middle Eastern scimitar and the 18th-century cavalry sword. It is similar to the foil, but weighs slightly less. It is about one inch shorter, a maximum of 3 feet, 5 ...

and Blackpool areas who have seen the man walking along their streets with the cavalry sabre-type sword. The false claims about a 'foreign man', which appear to have taken in some, were spread on ...