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Officers of the US Marine Corps still use a mameluke pattern dress sword. Although some genuine Turkish kilij sabres were used by Westerners, most "mameluke sabres" were manufactured in Europe; their hilts were very similar in form to the Ottoman prototype, but their blades, even when an expanded yelman was incorporated, tended to be longer ...
The karambit or kerambit (as used in Indonesian), kurambik or karambiak (both from the Minangkabau language) is a small curved knife resembling a claw. It is most closely associated with the Minangkabau people of West Sumatra , Indonesia , but is also found throughout other ethnic groups in Southeast Asia .
Textile patterns for uniforms have multiple functions, including camouflage, identifying friend from foe, and esprit de corps. [1] The list is organized by pattern; only patterned textiles are shown. It includes current and past issue patterns, with dates; users may include a wide range of military bodies.
A drawing from the Catalog of the Royal Armoury of Madrid by the medievalist Achille Jubinal in the 19th century. The original specimen was destroyed by a fire in 1884. The maquahuitl (Classical Nahuatl: māccuahuitl, other orthographic variants include mākkwawitl and mācquahuitl; plural māccuahuimeh), [4] a type of macana, was a common weapon used by the Aztec military forces and other ...
Amongst the Warring States period swords, some unique technologies were used, such as casting high tin edges over softer, lower tin cores, or the application of diamond shaped patterns on the blade (see sword of Goujian). Also unique for Chinese bronzes is the consistent use of high tin bronze (17–21% tin) which is very hard and breaks if ...
Yellow ground kimberlite is easy to break apart and was the first source of diamonds to be mined. Blue ground kimberlite needs to be run through rock crushers to extract the diamonds. [27] Mir mine. See also Mir Mine and Udachnaya pipe, both in the Sakha Republic, Siberia. The blue and yellow ground were both prolific producers of diamonds.
The four aces of a four-color deck; here, Diamonds are blue. Four-color decks are sometimes used in tournaments or online. [6] In such packs Diamonds may be: orange in English and German packs; yellow in American decks and German Skat tournament packs [7] or; blue in English and American Poker decks, [8] French and Swiss four-colour packs. [7]
The armor is decorated with many references to the ocean, such as shells and a helmet that's based on a whale. Kanazuchi (双刀「鎚」, Sōtō Kanazuchi, [Double sword, Hammer]) A large, blunt-looking, stone sword, it comes into the possession of Konayuki Itezora. It is extremely heavy, capable of leaving a crater even when it is simply dropped.