Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Spurs
Y-shaped metal goads strapped to the heel, used to drive the horse on. Dating from early antiquity. Early medieval spurs were of simple prick type; rowel spurs date from the very late thirteenth century.
From Encyclopedia
- Rondel dagger
- Military dagger with a single- edged or triangular blade. Pommel and hand-guard formed of roundels.
- Standard
- A mail collar common in the fifteenth century.
- Aclys
- Wooden Roman throwing stick with a spiked head; attached to user's arm with a strap which enabled it to be retrieved after it had been thrown.
- Iwatajinga
- Club consisting of a stone head attached to a wooden handle.
