Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Cross-guard
See Cross.
From Encyclopedia
- Compound-Hilt & Complex-Guard
- Term for the many forms of hilts in Renaissance and on some late-Medieval swords. Ususally consist of finger-rings,…
- Sheath
- See Scabbard.
- Goddara
- Sword with a curved blade and padded hilt; often highly decorated.
- Hasta
- The hasta was the Roman trusting spear. It was carried by the units called triarii in Republic times. Marius military reforms made the pilum the…
