Original sentence: Although by early 16th century such weapons were used both in Poland, Lithuania, Ukraine, Moldavia and Hungary, in most cases these were but examples of captured weapons issued to peasants and serfs in case of a dire need.In particular, it is used to describe a specifically Eastern European one-edged sabre-like mêlée weapon with a curved blade and, in most cases, a two-bladed tip called a feather (pióro).Initially the sabres used in Hungary and Kievan Rus were but local copies of their eastern predecessors used by the Turkic and Arabic peoples: the kilij, pulwar, talwar, saif, shamshir or scimitar.Szabla[] is the general Slavic word for sabre.Until 19th century it also served as one of the symbols of the Polish, Lithuanian and Ukranian gentry (szlachta), who considered it to be one of the most important pieces of men's traditional attire.Various types of sabre-like arms were first brought to Eastern Europe by the nommads as early as 6th century
Edited sentence: Although by early 16th century such weapons were used both in Poland and in Hungary, in most cases these were but examples of captured weapons issued to peasants and serfs in case of a dire need.In particular, it is used to describe a specifically-Polish one-edged sabre-like mêlée weapon with a curved blade and, in most cases, a two-bladed tip called a feather (pióro).Initially the sabres used in Hungary and Kievan Ruthenia were but local copies of their eastern predecessors used by the Turkic and Arabic peoples: the kilij, pulwar, talwar, saif, shamshir or scimitar.Szabla[] is the general Polish word for sabre.Until 19th century it also served as one of the symbols of the Polish gentry (szlachta), who considered it to be one of the most important pieces of men's traditional attire.Various types of sabre-like arms were first brought to Poland by the Tatars and Mongols as early as 13th century