Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Backplate
Plate armour defence for the back.
From Encyclopedia
- Estoc
- Called tuck in English. Long, pointed and rigid longsword with a triangular or square blade, which was quite blunt.…
- Glaive
- A broad-bladed, single-edged polearm. Mostly an 18” butcher-knife on a 6 - 7’ pole.
- Schiavona
- Special form of a cut & thrust sword with a cage- hilt and distinctive cat-head-like pommel. Mostly single-edged …
- Tip
- The pointed end of a sword’s blade. Most swords taper towards the tip, but some are straight until the very tip.
