Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Flail
Jointed weapon consisting of a spiked, flanged or knobbed steel bludgeon chain-attached to a short wood or steel haft.
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- Also called pummel. A variously shaped counterweight to the sword blade, riveted to the end of the sword tang above' the …
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
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- The adze was a traditional carpenter’s tool with a long thin axe-like blade attached at a right angle to the handle; they were used for cutting…
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