Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Hand-and-a-half sword
See bastard sword.
From Encyclopedia
- Fingering
- Wraping index finger around sword’s ricasso to give it a greater tip control.
- Main-gauche
- Left-handed, parrying dagger used along with a rapier.
- Ricasso
- The dull part of a blade right above the hilt. Made for fingering. Not all swords have it.
- Udlimau
- Fighting adze of hardwood, had a stone point fixed with resin on the head.
