Sabreteeth is the word I've given for paper planes
similar to the conventional Sabertooth paper airplane. By the way, the
conventional Sabertooth was rediscovered by Chou Hung in 1984. It was one
of Chou Hung's classmates who suggested the name 'Sabertooth' due its
similarity with the "Saber-toothed tiger" (see picture below).
Notice the similar fangs of the Sabre-toothed
tiger on the left and a typical Sabre-plane on the right.
The paper airplanes on this site are named Sabreteeth, after this
magnificent beast. Both have prominent fangs, like sabers, on the
front.
The word 'saber' and 'sabre' can be interchanged at
will. 'Saber' is American english and is widely used. I settled on
using 'sabre' instead of 'saber' wherever it occurred in
my site.
Sabre (or saber) by the way means a sword. See pictures
below:
This is a fencing sword called the Sabre.
The Sabre
A cold steel knife with a curved blade
Note that the Sabre-toothed tiger has two teeth each shaped like
the second knife blade above.
The Saber-toothed tiger is now
extinct and this is a picture of a museum exhibit of its skull.
Notice the prominent fangs in the front.
The above picture reinstates the similarity between the Sabertooth
paperplane and the Saber-toothed tiger.
So much for the etymology. Now proceed to the
plane list in order to fold the 6 cool
planes of the Sabre genus.
