Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-27425734-20170826213348/@comment-26397825-20180114020427

Eh, not much. A scimitar is a curved blade with a thick portion near the tip. I've seen aesthetic vairations along the blunt edge of the blade, but the sharp edge is pretty much always the same. Modern scimitars are always depicted as being thick blades with no real sheath capable of holding them.

There are other curved swords which are regional variations of the scimitar, and these are much thinner than the pirate swords that we know of today. Try looking up Shamshir, Pulwar, Talwar and Kilij.

There are also Falchions, which are basically straight back scimitars very similar to a machete in how it's wielded.