Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Bec de Corbin
Special type of a polehammer.
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- Boss
- Also umbo. The round shaped piece of metal at the center of a shield. Protects the hand.
- Falchion
- Single-edged sword with a heavy and towards the tip widening blade. Similar to a meat cleaver. Used mostly by infantry. Balanced…
- Tang
- The continuing, hidden part of a blade inside a handle. May be of a different temper than the blade. Sword may have full or…
- Ox-tongue spear
- Also called the Langdebeve and Langue de Boeve (both mean tongue of the ox). The ox-tongue spear was a polearm weapon common among the Swiss and…
