Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Quarterstaff
Long (6-10 ft), massive pole for personal defense yet very dangerous in skilled hands.
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- Flambards
- See Flammards.
- Bayonet
- At the end of the seventeenth century the French introduced the socket bayonet. This contained a sleeve fitting round the barrel and was locked…
- Dolabra
- Axe-like tool/weapon used by legionnaires; socketed head attached to a wooden handle.
- Recurve bow
- Unlike the longbow, the ends of an unstrung recurve bow are curved away from the archer. This allows the strung bow to be more powerful and shorter…
