Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Novacula
Sickle-like tool consisting of a tanged, iron head fitted into a wooden handle.
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- Burgonet
- A light, open-faced helmet popular in the sixteenth century as an alternative to the close-helmet for light cavalry. It was usually…
- Court-sword
- See Small-Sword.
- Edge
- The sharp, cutting part of a blade. Swords are single or double-edged.
- Tilt
- A barrier of wood covered in cloth to separate the jousters as they ran a course. Introduced m the fifteenth century to stop headlong…
