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A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket -shaped guard. It was a common naval weapon during the early Age of Sail.
Hyohō Niten Ichi-ryū (兵法 二天 一流), which can be loosely translated as "the school of the strategy of two heavens as one", is a koryū (ancient school), transmitting a style of classical Japanese swordsmanship conceived by Miyamoto Musashi. Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū is mainly known for the two-sword — katana and wakizashi ...
The blade length is 225.43 cm (88.75 in) and the tang is 92.41 cm (36.38 in). The ōdachi (大太刀) (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword)[4][5][6] is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō)[7][8] used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The Chinese equivalent of this type of sword in terms of ...
Bladesmith, Nuremberg, Germany, 1569 Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. [1] [2] [3] Bladesmiths employ a variety of metalworking techniques similar to those used by blacksmiths, as well as woodworking for knife and sword handles, and often leatherworking for sheaths. [4]
Hanger or wood-knife, a type of hunting sword or infantry sabre; Certain fascine knives: Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword, is a short sword designed after the Roman gladius with a blade length around 64 cm (25 in) in length. It was also known as a coupe-chou (literally "cabbage cutter") in France.
Falcata: one-handed single-edged sword – blade 48–60 cm (19–24 in) – with forward-curving blade for slashing. Falx: Dacian and Thracian one-handed or two-handed single-edged curved shortsword for slashing. Gladius: Roman one-handed double-edged shortsword for thrusting (primary) and slashing, used by legionaries (heavy infantry) [2] and ...
Swords (Irish: Sord [N 1] [sˠoːɾˠd̪ˠ] or Sord Cholmcille) in County Dublin, the county town of the local government area of Fingal, is a large suburban town on the east coast of Ireland, situated ten kilometres [10] north of Dublin city centre.
Lists of swords. Lists of swords: List of historical swords. List of Japanese swords. List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) List of Wazamono. List of mythological swords. List of fictional swords. List of types of swords.