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2. Acinaces - Wikipedia

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   The acinaces, also transliterated as akinakes (Greek ἀκῑνάκης) or akinaka (unattested Old Persian *akīnaka h, Sogdian kynʼk) is a type of dagger or xiphos (short sword) used mainly in the first millennium BCE in the eastern Mediterranean Basin, especially by the Medes, [1] Scythians, Persians and Caspians, [2] then by the Greeks. [3]

3. Makhaira - Wikipedia

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   The Koine of the New Testament uses the word makhaira to refer to a sword generically, not making any particular distinction between native blades and the gladius of the Roman soldier. This ambiguity appears to have contributed to the apocryphal malchus , a supposedly short curved sword used by Peter to cut off the ear of a slave named Malchus ...

4. Iron Age sword - Wikipedia

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   [8] [9] Peirce and Oakeshott in Swords of the Viking Age note that the potential for bending may have been built in to avoid shattering, writing that "a bending failure offers a better chance of survival for the sword's wielder than the breaking of the blade...there was a need to build a fail-safe into the construction of a sword to favor ...

5. Shamshir - Wikipedia

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   The curved "scimitar" sword family includes the shamshir, kilij, talwar, pulwar, and nimcha. A shamshir shekargar ( Persian : شمشیر شکارگر , romanized : shamshir-e shekârgar , lit. 'hunters' sword or hunting sword') is the same as a shamshir , except the blade is engraved and decorated, usually with hunting scenes.

6. Estoc - Wikipedia

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   The estoc was a variation of the longsword designed for fighting against mail armor or plate armor. [2] It was long, straight and stiff with no cutting edge, just a point. Examples from Poland are more than 160 cm (62 in) long, with a blade of 130 cm (52 in); however, others show a more manageable 115 cm (46 in), with a 90 cm (36 in) bl

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8. Sword bayonet - Wikipedia

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   Japanese Type 30 bayonet (made between 1894 and 1945), an example of a straight-edged sword bayonet.. Sword bayonets originated for use with muzzle-loading rifles. A typical example of an early sword bayonet is the 58 centimetre (23 inch) blade variety designed for the Infantry rifle, later called the Baker rifle of the Napoleonic era British Army.

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