Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Novacula
Sickle-like tool consisting of a tanged, iron head fitted into a wooden handle.
From Encyclopedia
- Elbow gauntlet
- The cuff of this gauntlet reaches the elbow, replacing both the lower cannon of the vambrace and the couter.
- Hagbush
- See Arquebus.
- Polearm
- Also military fork. Consists of two parts - a long haft and a head. Head comes in many forms - most often two parallel or slightly "V"…
- Spaudler
- A light laminated defence protecting the point of the shoulder and top of the arm, especially popular in Germany.
