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These could be knapped into blades or spikes, or into a circular design that looked like scales. [7] The macuahuitl is not specifically a sword or a club, although it approximates a European broadsword. [2] Historian John Pohl defines the weapon as a "kind of a saw sword". [8] Aztec warriors as shown in the 16th-century Florentine Codex (Vol ...
A contemporary navaja of traditional design, with a 12-inch (300 mm) blade. The navaja is a traditional Spanish folding-blade fighting and utility knife. [1]One of the oldest folding knife patterns still in production, the first true navajas originated in the Andalusian region of southern Spain. [1]
The present chronology is a compilation that includes diverse and relatively uneven documents about different families of bladed weapons: swords, dress-swords, sabers, rapiers, foils, machetes, daggers, knives, arrowheads, etc..., with the sword references being the most numerous but not the unique included among the other listed references of the rest of bladed weapons.
Bow saw, turning saw, or buck saw: a saw with a narrow blade held in tension in a frame; the blade can usually be rotated and may be toothed on both edges; it may be a rip or a crosscut, and was the preferred form of hand saw for continental European woodworkers until superseded by machines;
A machete (/ m ə ˈ ʃ ɛ t i /; Spanish pronunciation:) is a broad blade used either as an agricultural implement similar to an axe, or in combat like a long-bladed knife. The blade is typically 30 to 66 centimetres (12 to 26 in) long and usually under 3 millimetres (1 ⁄ 8 in) thick.
A crosscut hand saw Different sizes of hand saws Reconstructed Roman hand saw (1st–3rd century AD) Close view of cross-cut saw teeth. In woodworking and carpentry, hand saws, also known as "panel saws", are used to cut pieces of wood into different shapes. This is usually done in order to join the pieces together and carve a wooden object ...
La Verdadera Destreza is the conventional term for the Spanish tradition of fencing of the early modern period.The word destreza literally translates to 'dexterity' or 'skill, ability', and thus la verdadera destreza to 'the true skill' or 'the true art'.
Kris blades are usually narrow with a wide, asymmetrical base, one rare kind of kris with a broad blade is the keris buah beko in Kelantan and Java copying the shape of the oroxylum seed pod. [26] The kris is famous for its wavy blade; however, older types of kris dated from the Majapahit era have straight blades, [ 27 ] as do more than half of ...