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A bladed weapon is a weapon with a blade. Subcategories. This category has the following 13 subcategories, out of 13 total. A. Axes (4 C, 49 P) B ...
An edged weapon, [1] or bladed weapon, [citation needed] is a melee weapon with a cutting edge. [ 2 ] [ better source needed ] Bladed weapons include swords , daggers , knives , and bayonets . Edged weapons are used to cut, hack, or slash; some edged weapons (such as many kinds of swords) may also permit thrusting and stabbing.
This is a list of historical pre-modern weapons grouped according to their uses, with rough classes set aside for very similar weapons. Some weapons may fit more than one category (e.g. the spear may be used either as a polearm or as a projectile), and the earliest gunpowder weapons which fit within the period are also included.
Chronology of bladed weapons. The different types of bladed weapons ( swords, dress-swords, sabers, rapiers, foils, machetes, daggers, knives, arrowheads, etc..) have been of great importance throughout history. In addition to its use for fighting, or in wars, the bladed weapons have been the object of special considerations forming part of ...
The Panzerstecher ("armour stabber") is a German and East European weapon with a long, edgeless blade of square or triangular cross-section for penetrating armour. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] [ 43 ] Early models were either two-handers or "hand-and-a-half" hilted, [ 44 ] while later 16th and 17th century models (also known as koncerz ) were one-handed and ...
A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed tip. A slashing sword is more likely to be curved and to have a sharpened cutting edge on one or both sides ...
Makhaira: Greek one-handed, single-edged shortsword or knife for cutting (primary) and thrusting. Pugio: Roman dagger. Rhomphaia: Greek single-edged straight or slightly curved broadsword – blade 60–80 cm (24–31 in) – for slashing (primary) and thrusting. Spatha: Celtic/Germanic/Roman one-handed double-edged longsword – blade 50–100 ...
A blade longer than one shaku but less than two is considered a shōtō (short sword). The wakizashi and kodachi are in this category. The length is measured in a straight line across the back of the blade from tip to munemachi (where blade meets tang). Most blades that fall into the "shōtō" size range are wakizashi.