Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Damascening

Also called inlay. A process used for the decoration of metal surfaces; usually silver or gold onto iron or steel. 'True' damascening is a form of inlay wherein grooves or channels are cut in the surface to be decorated and the softer metal forming such decoration is hammered into them, usually as a wire. See also counterfeit damascening.

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Breastplate: Plate armour protecttion for the front of the torso, to the waist. See also plackart.

Back: The no-cutting part opposite the blade. Double-edged swords has no back.

Brigandine: Form of coat-of-plates with hundreds of small plates, partially covering each other. Mobile yet protective.

Locking gauntlet: Gauntlet with overlapping little plates fastened to a pin on the wrist.

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