Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Studded and Splinted Armor
Heavy fabric or leather with the filling of rigid materials riveted in plates or strips.
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- Armet
- Close-fitted helmet with a visor and hinged cheek coverings. More sofisticated than bascinet and less sofisticated than…
- Forte'
- Also prime or fort. Special (Renaissance) term for the lower part of a blade. Does most of the parrying and has more…
- Harness
- A term used in preference to 'suit' when talking of a complete armour.
- Alamani
- Curved steel Indian sword with a gilt handle.
