From Encyclopedia
- Blade
- The length of steel that forms a sword.
- Backsword
- Also Mortuary sword or German Reitschwert. Has only one cutting edge (therefore its name). The non-cutting edge is…
- Crossbow
- A horizontal bow set at 90 degrees to the tiller and spanned by mechanical means. Originally made of horn, wood, and sinew, the bowstave was later…
- Sabre
- A sword with a curved, single-edged blade (probably originally derived from Eastern scimitars).
