From Encyclopedia
- Compound-Hilt & Complex-Guard
- Term for the many forms of hilts in Renaissance and on some late-Medieval swords. Ususally consist of finger-rings,…
- Kidney dagger
- See ballock dagger.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Jadagna
- Club made of ironwood; sometimes fitted with a stone or metal spike in the head.
