From Encyclopedia
- Fuller
- A shallow flute in the middle of one or both sides of a blade. Lightens the sword and makes it stronger and somewhat flexible.…
- Shoulder
- The corner part of a sword. Connects a blade to a tang.
- Adze
- The adze was a traditional carpenter’s tool with a long thin axe-like blade attached at a right angle to the handle; they were used for cutting…
- Kama
- Sickle consisting of a tanged steel head fitted into a wooden handle; fighting style often utilizes two kamas, one in each hand.
