Encyclopedia of historical weapons
From Encyclopedia
- Blade
- The length of steel that forms a sword.
- Flamberge
- Special type of rapier with a waved blade. Used mostly by officers and uper class. Effective in parrying when it slows down the…
- Partizan
- See Partisan.
- Ahlespiess
- A polearm common to German-speaking areas, particularly used by the Swiss and Habsburgs: the wooden shaft is relatively short, and the weapon is…
