Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Fort
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- Backsword
- Also Mortuary sword or German Reitschwert. Has only one cutting edge (therefore its name). The non-cutting edge is…
- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Rebated
- Training or tournament sword with blunted point and edge.
- Badelaire
- Sword with a heavy, curved blade and S-shaped quillions; used during the 16th century.
