From Encyclopedia
- Fingering
- Wraping index finger around sword’s ricasso to give it a greater tip control.
- Inlay
- See Damascening.
- Langet
- Metal strips attached to the the shaft of a polearm to reinforce the torque of its head, and to protect the joint connecting the head and…
- Steel
- An alloy of wrought iron and carbon, capable of being hardened by heating and then quenching (rapid cooling) in water. This hardening process could…
