Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Eccat
Sword with a deer horn hilt and no guard.
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- Flambards
- See Flammards.
- Pavise
- Large, usually rectangular shield carried by infantrymen and frequently used in siege operations to protect archers. The largest pavises…
- Small-Sword
- Also court-sword, walking-sword or town-sword. Mostly almost blunt, pointed cane, though some small-swords are pointed…
- Bayonet
- At the end of the seventeenth century the French introduced the socket bayonet. This contained a sleeve fitting round the barrel and was locked…
