From Encyclopedia
- Buckler
- Small and round hand- shield (9 – 18 inches in diameter) with a single handle or two enarmes. Has long spikes or hooks on its front,…
- Forte'
- Also prime or fort. Special (Renaissance) term for the lower part of a blade. Does most of the parrying and has more…
- Hilt
- The lower part of a sword. Consists of a cross-guard, handle/grip, and a pommel. Medieval swords are most likely to have a…
- War hammer
- Also called martel and horseman's pick. A short-hafted hammer used mainly in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries…
