Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Aketon
Quilted piece of clothing worn under armor, made to devour strokes.
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- Aketon
- Quilted piece of clothing worn under armor, made to devour strokes.
- Coif
- Hood of fabric or mail worn under a helmet. By the twelfth century it often incorporated a ventail.
- Spear
- Also volgue. Weapon with a long shaft, made for thrusting in the first place.
- Falx
- The falx is a curved cutlass-like blade on the end of a long wooden (almost spear-like) handle. Unlike a cutlass, however, the falx is sharpened…
