Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Kapak
Small throwing axe consists of a tanged metal head fitted into a flat wooden handle.
From Encyclopedia
- Annellet
- The small loops leading from quillions to the blade. Made to protect the finger wrapped over the guard.
- Forte'
- Also prime or fort. Special (Renaissance) term for the lower part of a blade. Does most of the parrying and has more…
- Lammellar
- Form of armor. Consist of small metal plates stitched together.
- War hammer
- Also called martel and horseman's pick. A short-hafted hammer used mainly in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries…
