Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Backsword

Also Mortuary sword or German Reitschwert. Has only one cutting edge (therefore its name). The non-cutting edge is thicker, creating a wedge-like shape. This shape supposedly increases cutting capacity.

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Bellows Visor
A modern term for a visor with horizontal ridges,such as on 'Maximilian' German fluted armours of the early…
Mortuary sword
See Backsword.
Schynbald
See Greave.
Ox-tongue spear
Also called the Langdebeve and Langue de Boeve (both mean tongue of the ox). The ox-tongue spear was a polearm weapon common among the Swiss and…
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