In typological attribution of swords the main attention was devoted to thorough study of Georgian weapons. Diversity of Georgian sword was expressed in terminology too. There are ten types of Georgian swords, which were preserved in Georgian life very long. In the depository of the National Museum of Georgia we have “gorda”, “kaldy”, “kabiani”, “davitperuli”, “franguli” (French) (with imprint of a wolf), “khevsuruli”, “lekuri/cholauri” (sabre), ungruli” (Hungarian), “tbilisuri" and Iranian type Georgian sword. Irrespective of the fact that these forms of swords gradually, because of definite practical designation or vogue, acquired names of foreign made swords, they in the principle still express the character of locally made weapons and fall in the category of “Georgian swords” without any problem.
Кизирия знает, что фото Д. Ермакова с кистином - постановочное, и уверяет, что этот палаш не может быть хевсурским оружием (что у хевсура - то и у кистина).
Но его предположения - вообще ни о чем.