Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Dirk
Long, usually single-edged dagger.
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- Compound-Hilt & Complex-Guard
- Term for the many forms of hilts in Renaissance and on some late-Medieval swords. Ususally consist of finger-rings,…
- Estoc
- Called tuck in English. Long, pointed and rigid longsword with a triangular or square blade, which was quite blunt.…
- Morning star
- Also called morgenstern. A form of spiked club , popular in the early sixteenth century.
- Walking-Sword
- See Small-Sword.
