Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Grip
The handle of a sword. Mostly made of wire, leather, wood, ivory, bone or horn. Also a method of holding a sword.
From Encyclopedia
- Rebated
- Training or tournament sword with blunted point and edge.
- Tassets
- Overlapping plates covering the joint of the haunch part in a full- armor.
- Tang nut
- See Pommel nut.
- Hasta
- The hasta was the Roman trusting spear. It was carried by the units called triarii in Republic times. Marius military reforms made the pilum the…
