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2. Hilt - Wikipedia

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   Parts of a sword. The grip is the handle of the sword. It is usually made of wood or metal and often covered with shagreen (untanned tough leather or shark skin). Shark skin proved to be the most durable in temperate climates but deteriorates in hot climates. Consequently, rubber became popular in the latter half of the 19th century.

3. Grip (sport fencing) - Wikipedia

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   Both kinds of grip optimize hitting with the point of the sword (a 'thrust'), which is the only way to score a touch with a foil or épée. There are a number of grips which are no longer common or are currently illegal in competitive fencing. The Italian grip is legal but is not used commonly.

4. Nagamaki - Wikipedia

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   The nagamaki was a long sword with a blade that could be 60 cm (24 in) or more and a handle of about equal length to the blade. [3] The blade was single-edged, resembling a naginata blade, but the handle (tsuka) of the nagamaki was not a smooth-surfaced wooden shaft as in the naginata; it was made more like a katana hilt.

5. Messer (sword) - Wikipedia

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   Hilts are normally suited to single handed use, but the larger examples may feature extended grips suitable for a second hand-hold. Kriegsmesser ("war knife") are the largest examples of messer-hilted weapons, ranging from around 1 m (3 ft 3 in) long with approximately 80 cm (31 in) blade, up to around 1.35 m (4 ft 5 in) long with blades up to ...

6. Tang (tools) - Wikipedia

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   Rasp with visible tang going into the handle Two sides of a tang (nakago) on a Japanese katana. A tang or shank is the back portion of the blade component of a tool where it extends into stock material or connects to a handle – as on a knife, sword, spear, arrowhead, chisel, file, coulter, pike, scythe, screwdriver, etc. [1] [2] One can classify various tang designs by their appearance, by ...

7. Falcata - Wikipedia

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   The grip is typically hook-shaped, the end often stylized in the shape of a horse or a bird. There is often a thin chain connecting the hooked butt of the handle with the hilt . Though almost identical to the Greek kopis , the falcata is distinguished by the sharpened false edge in the second half of its length.

8. Pattern 1831 sabre for General Officers - Wikipedia

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   Hilt of the Pattern 1831 sabre. This sword has grip scales of mammoth ivory. Detail of frost-etched decoration of the blade, showing a crown over the 'VR' monogram of Queen Victoria. The 1831 pattern general officer's sabre was directly influenced by existing mameluke swords worn by officers of various cavalry regiments.

9. Sword - Wikipedia

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   A Hand and a half sword, colloquially known as a "bastard sword", was a sword with an extended grip and sometimes pommel so that it could be used with either one or two hands. Although these swords may not provide a full two-hand grip, they allowed its wielders to hold a shield or parrying dagger in their off hand, or to use it as a two-handed ...