French Sabre a Champagne L 45cm
$225.00
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This gorgeous French Sabre à Champagne – Champagne Saber from Thiers sits on its wooden cradle and has a blue resin and brass handle with a blue tassel. Length Sabre / Saber is 45 cm, length cradle 47 cm. It sits in its original box which measures 48 x 13.5 x 8cm. The weight is 1139 grms. Postage from France included.
What is Sabrage:
Sabrage is a technique for opening a champagne bottle with a Saber, used for ceremonial occasions. The wielder slides the Saber along the body seam of the bottle to the lip to break the top of the neck away, leaving the neck of the bottle open and ready to pour.
The story goes that Sabrage was first popularized after the French Revolution in the early 19th century by Napoleon’s light cavalry, the Hussars. Celebrating the emperor’s many military victories, the soldiers were said to use their Sabres to open bottles of champagne.