Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Haft
Wooden part of a polearm.
From Encyclopedia
- Couter
- Also spelt cowter. Plate armor protecting the elbow.
- Cudgel
- See Waster.
- Skeggox
- Anglo-Saxon single-handed axe, used in hand-to-hand combat and also as a missile.
- Steel
- An alloy of wrought iron and carbon, capable of being hardened by heating and then quenching (rapid cooling) in water. This hardening process could…
