From Encyclopedia
- Basilard
- Two-edged dagger with a long blade. Used in the late Middle Ages. Usually worn with ordinary clothes as well as with …
- 'Maximilian' armour
- A modern term applied to the style of early sixteenth century armour characterized by narrow, parallel fluting, popular during the…
- 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…
- Tang
- The continuing, hidden part of a blade inside a handle. May be of a different temper than the blade. Sword may have full or…
