From Encyclopedia
- Backsword
- Also Mortuary sword or German Reitschwert. Has only one cutting edge (therefore its name). The non-cutting edge is…
- Cross
- Also cross-guard or quillions. The straight bar or guard of a Medieval sword.
- Locking gauntlet
- Gauntlet with overlapping little plates fastened to a pin on the wrist.
- Pike
- Long spear with a small steel head, carried by infantrymen. Metal strips (cheeks) were riveted down the shaft from the point, to reinforce…
