From Encyclopedia
- Barbuta
- See Barbut.
- Type of armor made from small metal rings. Is flexible but insufficient vs. thrusts (therefore usually worn with a tough padding…
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Adze
- 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…
