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| | Sabre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | Of its 37.5 inches (95.25 cm) in length, 31.5 inches (80 cm) are the straight blade which bears a flare-clipped tip similar to the much later kilij of Turkey. |
 | | The machete made its way into American popular culture, as it is one of the better-known weapons of choice used by killer Jason Voorhees in the Friday the 13th series of horror films and its Nintendo Entertainment System spin-off game. |
 | | The Persian shamshir, the Indian tulwar, the Afghani pulwar, the Turkish kilij, the Arabian saif, the Mameluke "scimitar", and the European sabre (adopted via Hungary's Magyar horsemen) and cutlass are all progeny of this Mongol curved blade. |
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