Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Prime
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- Bastard sword
- Longsword with a longer handle so it can be held by one or two hands. The blade is usually narrowly pointed and quite slender or…
- Rapier
- Long, double- edged, single-handed sword with a thin blade. Designed to emphasize the thrust. Probably the first…
- 'Spanish' morion
- See cabasset and morion.
- Ahlespiess
- A polearm common to German-speaking areas, particularly used by the Swiss and Habsburgs: the wooden shaft is relatively short, and the weapon is…
