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    the classification of swords is imprecise and has varied widely over time. There is no historical dictionary for the universal names, classification, or...
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  • Wazamono List of mythological swords List of fictional swords List of types of swords Classification of swords This article includes a list of lists....
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  • regulation swords (sabres, and in some instances fascine knives shaped like short swords) Classification of swords List of daggers List of premodern combat...
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  • Arabic swords Chinese swords Classification of swords Japanese swords List of blade materials Lists of swords Sword and Spurs of Giampietro Proti Sword making...
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    at the classification of demons within the contexts of classical mythology, demonology, occultism, and Renaissance magic. These classifications may be...
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    A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...
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    service classification, personnel grades in government Classification of swords Classification of wine Locomotive classification Product classification Security...
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  • HMS Broadsword, a list of ships named HMS Broadsword Joyce Broadsword (born 1958), American politician Classification of swords § Broadsword SS Empire...
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    is a way to define and catalogue the medieval sword based on physical form. It categorises the swords of the European Middle Ages (roughly 11th to 16th...
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  • Spatha (redirect from Norman sword)
    the territory of the Roman Empire during the 1st to 6th centuries AD. Later swords, from the 7th to 10th centuries, like the Viking swords, are recognizable...
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  • swords) List of Wazamono List of fictional swords List of legendary swords List of historical swords Classification of swords List of types of swords...
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    town was reputedly founded c. AD 560. Located on the Ward River, Swords features Swords Castle, a restored medieval castle, a holy well from which it takes...
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    to stray finds in riverbeds. Swords of the 8th to 10th centuries are also termed "Carolingian swords", while swords of the late Viking Age and the beginning...
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    Claymore (redirect from Scottish sword)
    basket-hilted swords were the primary military swords across Europe, but these basket-hilted, broad-bladed swords remained in service with officers of Scottish...
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    shorter than 60 cm are variously categorized as short swords or daggers. Before about 1400 BC swords remained mostly limited to the Aegean and southeastern...
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    Katana (redirect from Samurai sword)
    symbols of authority and spirituality of samurai. The production of swords in Japan is divided into specific time periods: Jōkotō (ancient swords, until...
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    15th centuries), late forms of these swords continued to be used, but often as a sidearm, at that point called "arming swords" and contrasting with the...
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  • Swords under Heaven") are a group of five Japanese swords. Three are National Treasures of Japan, one an Imperial Property, and one a holy relic of Nichiren...
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    Longsword (redirect from Bastard swords)
    of smaller swords, but antiquarian usage in the 19th century established the use of "bastard sword" as referring unambiguously to these large swords....
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  • (28–43 in) in length. However, longer swords have been found on occasion. Outside of Ancient China, Chinese swords were also used in Ancient Japan from...
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    Hilt (redirect from Handle of a sword)
    head", typical for Venetian swords), Z4 (typical for Serbia and Bosnia) The grip is the handle of the sword. It is usually made of wood or metal and often...
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    and the immediate predecessor, or early form, of the rapier of the early modern period. Side-swords were used concurrently with rapiers as well, particularly...
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    Scimitar (redirect from Near Eastern sword)
    Turkish kilij, and the Afghan pulwar. All such swords are originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central Asia (Turkestan). The...
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  • This is a list of notable individual swords, known either from historical record or from surviving artifacts. These swords do not survive as artifacts...
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    Elmslie typology (category Medieval European swords)
    to provide classification terminology for archaeological finds of single-edged arms, as well as visual depictions in art. It includes swords which are...
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    a development of the quillons added to swords' crossguards since the Late Middle Ages. This variety of sword is also sometimes referred to as the broadsword...
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    Officers' Sword, which is still used by the United States Army on ceremonial occasions. As the wearing of swords fell out of fashion and the small sword evolved...
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  • Backsword (category Early Modern European swords)
    cavalrymen beginning in the 17th century. Classifications of swords Types of swords List of swords Basket-hilted swords Cutlass Dusack Falchion Golok Machete...
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    The production of the Arab sword has four distinct periods: Pre-Islamic (ancient swords before the 7th century), Early Islamic (old swords 7th to 8th centuries)...
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    past centuries sometimes worn by military officers as a badge of rank, hunting swords display great variety in design. Some hilts featured a thin knuckle-bow...
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