Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Polearm
Also military fork. Consists of two parts - a long haft and a head. Head comes in many forms - most often two parallel or slightly "V" shaped spikes, sometimes even with an axe.
From Encyclopedia
- Breaths
- Holes or slits in the visor of a helmet or the lames of a falling buffe or bevor, for ventilation; also…
- Barbute
- See Barbut.
- Tip
- The pointed end of a sword’s blade. Most swords taper towards the tip, but some are straight until the very tip.
- Ox-tongue spear
- Also called the Langdebeve and Langue de Boeve (both mean tongue of the ox). The ox-tongue spear was a polearm weapon common among the Swiss and…
