Weapons [Arms]
From Encyclopedia
- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Spangenhelm
- A modern German term describing conical helmets constructed of a number of segments riveted together; descended from Late Roman prototypes.
- Tuck
- See Estoc.
- Akinakes
- The Akinakes was a characteristic Persian sidearm. It was short in length but could be used for both cut and thrust. It is of Scythian origin,…