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Brass knuckles carried by Abraham Lincoln's bodyguards during his train ride through Baltimore. Ford's Theatre National Historic Site, 2007 An Apache revolver, a weapon that combines brass knuckles with a firearm and a dagger – Curtius Museum, Liège, 2011 Mark I brass knuckles trench knife Homemade brass knuckles used in a lumber camp in Pine County, Minnesota.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
Safronov Regio was first observed as the New Horizons spacecraft approached Pluto and its system of moons.As Pluto rotated, a series of equatorial dark regions were observed and informally nicknamed the Brass Knuckles, [2] with Safronov Regio being the westermost of the dark regions.
Knuckle-walking, a form of quadrupedal walking in which the forelimbs hold the fingers in a partially flexed posture that allows body weight to press down on the ground through the knuckle Pork knuckle, a part of a pig's leg used as the basis of the traditional German dish Eisbein
House Bill 1276 would also prohibit the sale of brass knuckles, blackjack clubs, and slung shots to people under 18. The New Hampshire House voted to loosen the law banning the possession of brass ...
Owning, and carrying this brass knuckles, often has legal ramifications. However, "brass knuckles" have finger dividers; stirrup tekko do not. Although many kobudo practitioners claim that brass knuckles evolved from the tekko, brass knuckles more closely resembles the handle of the Western " trench knife ".
The weapon is sometimes called Indra-musti, meaning "Indra's fist." The vajra-musti is usually made of ivory or buffalo horn. Its appearance is similar to that of the modern knuckleduster, but slightly pointed at the sides, with small spikes at the knuckles. The variety used for warfare had long blades protruding from each end, and an elaborate ...
They may also be used as brass knuckles when non-lethal application of the weapon is desired. Traditionally, the blade of a butterfly sword is only sharpened along half of its edge – from the middle of the blade to the tip; this can be seen in all vintage specimens from the Qing dynasty .