Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Skeggox
Anglo-Saxon single-handed axe, used in hand-to-hand combat and also as a missile.
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- Cod-piece
- Fabric covering for the groin, latterly padded. Its counterpart in armour could be either of mail or, more usually, of plate.
- Kettle hat
- Plain metal helmet with a wide brim.
- Tassets
- Overlapping plates covering the joint of the haunch part in a full- armor.
- War hammer
- Also called martel and horseman's pick. A short-hafted hammer used mainly in the late fifteenth and sixteenth centuries…
