The scimitar, from the Hispanic Arabic "al-janyar" or "dagger," refers to a sword with a broad, curved blade, sharpened on one side (or with a false edge on its last third), used in the Iberian Peninsula, parts of the Mediterranean, and Italy during the Middle Ages and up to the Renaissance. In colloquial Old Castilian, it was also known as "terciado."
These scimitars took on various forms in past eras, with abundant production in Toledo during the Arab invasion. An example of these Moorish scimitars can be found in the Army Museum of Madrid.
Its main characteristics are the guard that rises towards the hilt on one side and descends towards the blade on the other, and the widening and curvature of its blade. These features are maintained in this stylized Moorish scimitar of our production, recalling that Toledo, even during its Arab period, was a very important center for sword-making.
"I did not wish to say scimitar,
for if I had named scimitar
without mentioning the Damascene,
the scimitars would have been angered"
In Don Quixote it states:
"-«You are the one who needs it,» replied the man from La Mancha, and he opened the battle with such an excessive blow that if the weapon had been a scimitar, the Portuguese would have been left there for the grave"
A high-quality sword from the exclusive Collection of Historical, Fantasy, and Legendary Swords manufactured by MARTO.
Certificate of Quality and Origin, Made in Toledo.