- used to
train for
fighting with the
backsword, or to the
sport or art of
fighting in this fashion.
Backswording was an
alternative term for singlesticking...
-
automatically makes a
swing draw an arc
making it much
easier to slash. The
backsword was a single-edged, straight-bladed sword,
typically for
military use...
- and a
thickened back are
called backswords.
Various forms of basket-hilt were
mounted on both
broadsword and
backsword blades. One of the
weapon types...
- A
sabre or (American English)
saber (/ˈseɪbər/ SAY-bər) is a type of
backsword with a
curved blade ****ociated with the
light cavalry of the
early modern...
-
specific types with the term 'sword'
covering them all. For example, the
backsword may be so
called because it is single-edged but the
falchion which is...
-
stick as its weapon. It
began as a way of
training soldiers in the use of
backswords (such as the
sabre or the cutl****).
Canne de combat, a
French form of...
- craftsmen; in 1807 the ****nal
produced seven long guns, five
pistols and six
backswords. The
first weapons developed by the
armory were the No. 15 17.7mm muskets...
-
singlestick fighting (a
training sport for the use of the
single handed backsword) was
called singlesticking, or cudgel-play.
Crowbar – a tool commonly...
- daishō,
rayskin wrapped with silk
Kissaki (point) of an Edo
period katana Backsword Broadsword Daishō Dha (sword)
Hengdang Iaidō ****anese
swordsmithing ****anese...
-
soldiers in the 17th and 18th
centuries used a
similar short and
broad backsword called a hanger, or in
German a messer,
meaning "knife".
Often occurring...
