Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Etching
A decorative process frequently applied to the surface of metals especially in Europe from about 1500 onwards; frequently used in conjunction with blueing and gilding.
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- Breastplate
- Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.
- Partisan
- Special type of a polearm. Its blade is wide, long (2-2.5 ft) and sword-like and is also double- edged with lugs on its bottom.…
- Arnis
- Italian for "harness", the historical term for being "in armour".
- 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…
