From Encyclopedia
- Blade
- The length of steel that forms a sword.
- Pummel
- See Pommel.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Ancus
- Indian elephant goad; vary greatly in size from about 40 to 120 centimeters in length; shorter ones were used by riders, while the longer versions…
