Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Gorget
Also called a collar. Close-fitting plate protecting the neck, throat, and upper chest.
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- Partisan
- Special type of a polearm. Its blade is wide, long (2-2.5 ft) and sword-like and is also double- edged with lugs on its bottom.…
- Steel
- An alloy of wrought iron and carbon, capable of being hardened by heating and then quenching (rapid cooling) in water. This hardening process could…
- Salade
- See Sallet.
- War axe
- The term war axe is not a particular weapon but rather descriptive of an axe designed specifically for use in combat. War axes were generally…
