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  2. Muyesinbo - Wikipedia

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    Woldo 월도 月刀(moon-blade): a polearm with a curving blade paralleling the Chinese guandao. Hyeopdo 협도 (spear-blade): a polearm paralleling the Japanese naginata or nagamaki. Ssang geom 쌍검 雙劍 (twin-swords): fighting with two identical swords; twin-swords were made to be carried in a single sheath.

  3. Hafting - Wikipedia

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    An axe hafted with an adhesive. Hafting is a process by which an artifact, often made of bone, stone, or metal is attached to a haft (handle [1] or strap). This makes the artifact more useful by allowing it to be launched by a bow (), thrown by hand (), or used with more effective leverage ().

  4. Sword making - Wikipedia

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    There is a variety of forging techniques for sword making and many variations upon those. Ceremonial swords from the Philippines. Stock removal shapes the sword from prepared stock that is larger in all dimensions than the finished sword by filing, grinding and cutting. While the technique has been available for centuries it was not widely used ...

  5. Naginata - Wikipedia

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    The curved blade provides a long cutting surface without increasing the overall length of the weapon. Historically, the naginata was often used by foot soldiers to create space on the battlefield. They have several situational advantages over a sword. Their reach is longer, allowing the wielder to keep out of the reach of opponents.

  6. Weapons of pencak silat - Wikipedia

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    A curved blade originating in West Java, it is a characteristic weapon of the Sunda styles of silat. It is considered to be of spiritual significance by the Sundanese people and is even featured on the West Javan flag. Pedang. Pedang is a general term for sword but occasionally refers to a scythe as well.

  7. War scythe - Wikipedia

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    Its blade bears a superficial resemblance to that of an agricultural scythe from which it is likely to have evolved, but the war scythe is otherwise unrelated to agricultural tools and is a purpose-built infantry melee weapon. The blade of a war scythe has regularly proportioned flats, a thickness comparable to that of a spear or sword blade ...

  8. Luwuk (sword) - Wikipedia

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    The luwuk is a straight, single-edged sword. The blade of the sword (known as "wilah") maintains the same width from the base to the tip, but there are also luwuk swords with blades that are smaller from the middle of the blade up. The blade is forged from pamor steel or Damascus steel. The tip of the blade tapers like a knife but does so to ...

  9. Sai (weapon) - Wikipedia

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    Parts of a modern sai. Monouchi, the metal main prong of the sai, that is either round or faceted.; Saki, the sharp point of the main prong. [6]Yoku, the two shorter metal side prongs of the sai, which usually point in the same direction as the main prong, with the exception of the manji sai developed by Taira Shinken, which has the direction of one of the side prongs reversed, causing the ...