Editing Dusack (section)

==Military sidearm==
[[File:Värja, "Ziscas svärd", möjligen Södra Tyskland, tidigt 1600-tal - Skoklosters slott - 42213.tif|thumb|upright|German sabre of the early 17th century, known as "[[Jan Žižka|Zisca]]'s sword" ([[Skokloster Castle]], SKO 7300)]]
The Czech term entered German usage in the [[Hussite Wars]], after the [[Sidearm (weapon)|sidearm]] used by the [[Hussites]]. In the late 16th century, ''Dusägge'' could refer to a type of weapon combining a [[sabre]] blade with the hilt of a [[sidesword]] (the German ''Degen''), also known as ''Säbel auf Teutsch gefasst'' ("sabre fitted in the German manner"). The ''Dusägge'' in this sense was used as a military sidearm; e.g. in 1579, [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]]  records delivery of some 700 ''Dusäggen'' by local bladesmiths, besides payment of 40 ''Dusäggen'' delivered from [[Passau]], as part of the preparation for the [[Long Turkish War|war against the Turks]] under [[Charles II, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Charles II]].<ref>[http://www.waffensammlung-beck.ch/waffe2.html "Säbel, 'Dusägge', Deutsch Ende 16. Jahrhundert"], Waffensammlung Beck,  Inv-Nr.:Be 10.</ref>

The German sabre together with the name ''tessak'' was adopted in Norway. A closely related weapon is the ''schnepf'' or [[Swiss sabre]] used in [[Early Modern Switzerland]].<ref>[[Claude Blair]],  "The Early Basket Hilt in Britain" in: ''Scottish Weapons and Fortifications'' (ed. David H. Caldwell, 1981)</ref>