Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Aclys
Wooden Roman throwing stick with a spiked head; attached to user's arm with a strap which enabled it to be retrieved after it had been thrown.
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- Special type of rapier with a waved blade. Used mostly by officers and uper class. Effective in parrying when it slows down the…
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- Also called pummel. A variously shaped counterweight to the sword blade, riveted to the end of the sword tang above' the …
- Full moon
- Parrying weapon consisting of a steel ring attached to a handle with two curved blades fitted to either end; outer edges of the ring and the blades…
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