Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Morning star
Also called morgenstern. A form of spiked club , popular in the early sixteenth century.
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- Pollaxe
- (The preferred spelling to polaxe or poleaxe). A knightly staff weapon, its head being an axehead, usually balanced by a fluke or…
- Slow match
- A slow-burning cord of hemp or flax soaked in saltpetre and then dried. Used to ignite cannon and hand guns.
- Walking-Sword
- See Small-Sword.
- Japurunga
- Wooden club with a double-pronged head.
