From Encyclopedia
- Hand-and-a-half sword
- See bastard sword.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Waist lame
- A horizontal lamination in the breast or backplate at waist level.
- Akinakes
- The Akinakes was a characteristic Persian sidearm. It was short in length but could be used for both cut and thrust. It is of Scythian origin,…
