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The hwandudaedo was a large military sword made for battle, as it had a thick back and sharpened blade. This sword's name was given because of the round shape of the pommel (daedo 대도把頭). The swords were richly decorated, with inlay work and especially by elaborate pommel (sword) shapes.
When worn, the sword knot is wrapped around the sword guard, or sometimes looped though a slot in the guard. The sword knot or sword strap , sometimes called a tassel, is a lanyard —usually of leather but sometimes of woven gold or silver bullion, or more often metallic lace—looped around the hand to prevent the sword being lost if it is ...
Pommel may refer to: Pommel (saddle) , the raised area at the front of an equestrian saddle Pommel (sword) , the cap at the end of the hilt of a European sword
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The tip is angled off. The back of the blade is longer than the cutting edge. The hilt is made of wood and has a round wooden guard. The hilt is square in shape at the pommel area and often has a carved eye in the center that has a mythological background. The pommel is usually decorated with tufts of horsehair on three sides.
A Hand and a half sword, colloquially known as a "bastard sword", was a sword with an extended grip and sometimes pommel so that it could be used with either one or two hands. Although these swords may not provide a full two-hand grip, they allowed its wielders to hold a shield or parrying dagger in their off hand, or to use it as a two-handed ...
Schiavonesca (in Italian: spada schiavonesca, "Slavic sword") was a type of sword characterized by an S-shaped crossguard and a square pommel [1] whose earliest specimens were found in late 14th-century Serbia. It was used by knights in the Kingdom of Hungary and Republic of Venice during the 15th and 16th centuries. [2]
In 1964, Oakeshott stated that while both swords were "long believed" to date to the late 11th or early 12th century, suggested by the "Viking sword"-type pommel and the runic inscription on the Korsoygaden sword, they could not possibly predate the mid 13th century because of the style of the Cawood sword's inscriptions, and because the pommel ...