Encyclopedia of historical weapons - Coat-armor
Top-covering piece of clothing. Popular in tournaments where it presented the beholder’s coat of arms.
From Encyclopedia
- Flammards
- Also flambards. Two-handed swords with a certain wave or with a flamed blade.
- Grip
- The handle of a sword. Mostly made of wire, leather, wood, ivory, bone or horn. Also a method of holding a sword.
- Inlay
- See Damascening.
- Town-Sword
- See Small-Sword.
