enow.com Web Search

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Edged and bladed weapons - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edged_and_bladed_weapons

    Various swords on display in Edinburgh Castle. An edged weapon, [1] or bladed weapon, is a hand-to-hand combat weapon with a cutting edge. [2] Bladed weapons include swords, daggers, knives, and bayonets. Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.

  3. Types of swords - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Types_of_swords

    Rhomphaia: Greek single-edged straight or slightly curved broadsword – blade 60–80 cm (24–31 in) – for slashing (primary) and thrusting Spatha : Celtic/Germanic/Roman one-handed double-edged longsword – blade 50–100 cm (20–39 in) – for thrusting and slashing, used by gladiators, cavalry and heavy infantry. 3rd century BCE Gaul ...

  4. Category:Single-edged swords - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Single-edged_swords

    Category: Single-edged swords. 5 languages. Беларуская (тарашкевіца) ... This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  5. Classification of swords - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_swords

    This type of sword had a thickened back to the blade (opposite the cutting edge), which gave the blade strength. The backsword blade was cheaper to manufacture than a two-edged blade. This type of sword was first developed in Europe in the 15th century and reflected the emergence of asymmetric guards, which made a two-edged blade somewhat ...

  6. Sword - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sword

    Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed tip. A slashing sword is more likely to be curved and to have a sharpened cutting edge on one or both sides of the blade. Many swords are designed for both thrusting and slashing.

  7. Terraria - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraria

    Terraria is a 2D sandbox game with gameplay that revolves around exploration, building, crafting, combat, survival, and mining, playable in both single-player and multiplayer modes. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The game has a 2D sprite tile-based graphical style reminiscent of the 16-bit sprites found on the Super NES . [ 4 ]

  8. List of Wazamono - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wazamono

    Wazamono (Japanese: 業 ( わざ ) 物 ( もの )) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).

  9. Urumi - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi

    Urumi usage in Kalaripayattu demonstrated by Gangadharan Gurukkal in Perambra, Kozhikode.. An urumi is an Indian sword with a flexible, whip-like blade. [1] Originating in modern-day Kerala, a state in southwestern India, it is thought to have existed from as early as the Sangam period.