Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Jamber
See Greave.
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- Angon
- Frankish and Anglo-Saxon throwing spear. Has a long (6 ft) thin iron neck with a barbed head. Almost indentical to the Roman…
- Breastplate
- Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.
- Sheath
- See Scabbard.
- Recurve bow
- Unlike the longbow, the ends of an unstrung recurve bow are curved away from the archer. This allows the strung bow to be more powerful and shorter…
