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    The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development...
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    Claymore (redirect from Scottish sword)
    claidheamh-mòr, "great sword") is either the Scottish variant of the late medieval two-handed sword or the Scottish variant of the basket-hilted sword. The former...
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    The basket-hilted sword is a sword type of the early modern era characterised by a basket-shaped guard that protects the hand. The basket hilt is a development...
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  • pattern infantry officers’ sword is a straight-bladed, three-quarter basket-hilted sword that has been the regulation sword for officers of the line infantry...
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    pierced. The term "basket hilt" eventually came into vogue to describe such designs, and there are a variety of basket-hilted swords. Simultaneously, emphasis...
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    [failed verification] Basket-hilted sword, similar guarding concept Chakram Gatka Katar Scissor (gladiator) "Maratha Pata Gauntlet Sword". www.arms2armor.com...
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    16th centuries, types C ("horned" swords) and D ("cross" swords) from the 15th century, types E and F ("T-hilt" swords) from the 13th and 12th. The 13th...
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    basket-hilted sword which in turn developed into the modern (Napoleonic era) cavalry sword. The most widespread typology for the medieval sword was developed...
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  • weapon. Small sword Spadroon Stiletto Viking sword or Carolingian sword: early medieval spatha Zweihänder: 1500–1600 Germany Basket-hilted sword Colichemarde...
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  • broadsword, or basket-hilted sword, is an early modern European sword. Broadsword may also refer to: Chinese broadsword, a single-edged Chinese sword Scottish...
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  • Spatha (redirect from Norman sword)
    The spatha was a type of straight and long sword, measuring between 0.5 and 1 metre (20 and 40 inches), with a handle length of between 18 and 20 centimetres...
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  • Cutlass (redirect from Hanger sword)
    slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket-shaped guard...
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  • the free dictionary. A claymore is a two-handed sword, particularly the Scottish cross-hilted great sword. Claymore may also refer to: Claymore, New South...
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    composed of a saya and tsuka that the sword blade is stored in when not being used. Fuchi (縁): The fuchi is a hilt collar between the tsuka and the tsuba...
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  • Estoc (redirect from Tuck (sword))
    estoc is a type of sword, also called a tuck in English, in use from the 14th to the 17th century. It is characterized by a cruciform hilt with a grip for...
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    A Mameluke sword /ˈmæməluːk/ is a cross-hilted, curved, scimitar-like sword historically derived from sabres used by Mamluk warriors of Mamluk Egypt after...
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    sometimes called the "Indian basket-hilt" and was identical to that of another Indian straight-bladed sword the khanda. The hilt afforded a substantial amount...
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    Longsword (redirect from Long sword)
    longsword (also spelled as long sword or long-sword) is a type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt with a grip for primarily two-handed...
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  • collapse. Naue II swords, along with Nordic full-hilted swords, were made with functionality and aesthetics in mind. The hilts of these swords were beautifully...
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    The gothic hilted swords were a family of swords carried by officers and some NCOs of the British Army between 1822 and the present day. They were primarily...
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    and some persons also choose to use their Zweihänders as rapiers, so a basket hilt may be designed atop this extension. The Zweihänder is a recurring weapon...
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    Rapier (redirect from Riding sword)
    espada ropera ('dress sword') is a type of sword originally used in Spain and Italy.[citation needed] The name designates a sword with a straight, slender...
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    The small sword or smallsword (also court sword, Gaelic: claidheamh beag or claybeg, French: épée de cour, lit. “Sword of the court”) is a light one-handed...
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    Macuahuitl (redirect from Aztec Sword)
    A macuahuitl ([maːˈkʷawit͡ɬ]) is a weapon, a wooden sword with several embedded obsidian blades. The name is derived from the Nahuatl language and means...
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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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    the handle. Hilts may also be pierced like those of jian (straight-bladed Chinese sword) for the addition of lanyards. However, modern swords for performances...
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    Katana (redirect from Samurai sword)
    A katana (刀, かたな) is a Japanese sword characterized by a curved, single-edged blade with a circular or squared guard and long grip to accommodate two...
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    The Viking Age sword (also Viking sword) or Carolingian sword is the type of sword prevalent in Western and Northern Europe during the Early Middle Ages...
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    Urumi (redirect from Flexible sword)
    An urumi is an Indian sword with a flexible, whip-like blade. Originating in modern-day Kerala, a state in southwestern India, it is thought to have existed...
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    Jian (redirect from Jian (sword))
    hilt. During the Ming Dynasty these were usually passed through an openwork pommel, and in the Qing through a hole in the grip itself; modern swords usually...
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