Wikipedia:Reference desk/Archives/Miscellaneous/2019 November 5

= November 5 =

USAF NCO sword type
What type of sword is the United States Air Force NCO sword? It is too long and narrow to be an arming sword, and too straight without a hand guard to be a saber. What do they call that? -- Puzzledvegetable Is it teatime already?  03:46, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Cut and thrust sword, I think. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 04:05, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * According to this, it's a sabre. The straightforward "sword" is for the enlisted soldiers. That's according to the image on that site here. Seems fairly reliable. Matt Deres (talk) 15:15, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes, the NCO sword is the sword illustrated there. NCOs are enlisted personnel. The NCO sword, as the OP said, is to straight to be a saber. --jpgordon&#x1d122;&#x1d106; &#x1D110;&#x1d107; 15:31, 5 November 2019 (UTC)
 * According to this site the NCO sword is the same design as the Academy Sabre. Straight and double edged doesn't look like a sabre to me, maybe it's Patton's fault.&mdash;eric 19:19, 5 November 2019 (UTC)