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Splint armor is most commonly found as greaves or vambraces. It first appears in a Scythian grave from the 4th century BC [ 1 ] then in the Swedish Migration Era ; [ 2 ] and again in the 14th century as part of transitional armour , where it was also used to form cuisses and rerebraces .
A left-arm vambrace; the bend would be placed at the knight's elbow An ornate German (16th century) vambrace made for Costume Armor. Vambraces (French: avant-bras, sometimes known as lower cannons in the Middle Ages) or forearm guards are tubular or gutter defences for the forearm worn as part of a suit of plate armour that were often connected to gauntlets.
Mace, spiked mace, flanged mace (European, Middle Asian) Macuahuitl, maquahuitl (American) Mallet (American) Mere used to strike, jab (Māori) Morning star, goedendag, holy water sprinkler (European) Mughal [1] (Central Asian) Ōtsuchi (Japanese) Patu, patuki (Māori) Plançon a picot, planson (European) Quauholōlli (American) Roundhead (European)
A drawing from the Catalog of the Royal Armoury of Madrid by the medievalist Achille Jubinal in the 19th century. The original specimen was destroyed by a fire in 1884. The maquahuitl (Classical Nahuatl: māccuahuitl, other orthographic variants include mākkwawitl and mācquahuitl; plural māccuahuimeh), [4] a type of macana, was a common weapon used by the Aztec military forces and other ...
The price of the steel Glen Calder buys for his small machinery factory in South Carolina has spiked over 15% in the last two weeks, while Brian Nelson’s factory halfway across the country in ...
Spiked versions of long-handled peasant flails. From Paulus Hector Mair's combat manual Arte De Athletica. A flail is a weapon consisting of a striking head attached to a handle by a flexible rope, strap, or chain. The chief tactical virtue of the flail is its capacity to strike around a defender's shield or parry.
The Cboe Volatility Index, known as Wall Street’s “fear” gauge, which anticipates major market swings, spiked above 18 — approaching highs seen over the last two years. Gold climbed to as ...
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