Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Besagew
Large, sliding roundel, protecting joints on a human body.
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- Flammards
- Also flambards. Two-handed swords with a certain wave or with a flamed blade.
- Langet
- Metal strips attached to the the shaft of a polearm to reinforce the torque of its head, and to protect the joint connecting the head and…
- Pilum
- Roman throwing spear. Has a small, leaf-shaped head on a long and thin iron part attached to a wooden shaft. Effective vs. …
- 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…
