From Encyclopedia
- Backsword
- Also Mortuary sword or German Reitschwert. Has only one cutting edge (therefore its name). The non-cutting edge is…
- Lance rest
- A support for the lance when couched; this was bolted to the right side of the breastplate and was often hinged.
- Partisan
- Special type of a polearm. Its blade is wide, long (2-2.5 ft) and sword-like and is also double- edged with lugs on its bottom.…
- Riser
- Opposite of a fuller. Makes a sword more rigid yet with a flixible spine.
