From Encyclopedia
- Axe
- Comes in many forms and is single or two-handed.
- Bec de Faucon
- Polearm with a large hammer head instead of an axe, and backed with a spike or curved fluke. Usually has a heavy steel…
- German Reitschwert
- See Backsword.
- Ventail
- An integral flap of mail attached to the coif in the thirteenth century; it could be drawn across the mouth to protect the lower face.
