Referring to the gunsmithery tradition, Theodor Ippen, among other things, wrote, & Earlier, in Shkodra, Prizren, and in Gjakova, there were large gunsmith, long rifle, and side-handgun and yataghan workshops.
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Descended from Spartans, Slavs, and Frankish crusaders, the Maniots'way of life revolved around bloody family feuds waged with yataghans ( short Turkish sabers with double-curved blades ), axes and muskets; when a feud was on a Maniot could not leave his house without dodging a volley of bullets.
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They wore sword bayonets on waist belts instead of shoulder or cross-belts ( this was also common among British light infantry and rifle units ) and also wore a " yataghan "-style short sabre or large knife ( common among the Greek klephts and " armatoloi ", but also similar to the hanger issued to British infantry until about five decades before, and similar in purpose, if not form, to the fascine knife worn by some specialist units like light infantry and artillery as a back-up weapon ).
