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Yoroi-dﾅ行hi
The , "armor piercer"Japan by Pierre Landy; Nagel Publishers p. 68 or "mail piercer", is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords ( ''nihontﾅ'') that were worn by the samurai class as a weapon in feudal Japan. Description The ''yoroi-dﾅ行hi'' is an extra thick tantﾅ, a short sword, which appeared in the Sengoku period ('' late Muromachi'') of the 14th and 15th centuries. The ''yoroi-dﾅ行hi'' was made for piercing armour and for stabbing while grappling in close quarters. The blade was generally from in length, but some examples could be shorter than , with a "tapering ''mihaba'', ''iori-mune'', thick ''kasane'' at the top, and thin ''kasane'' at the bottom and occasionally ''moroha-zukuri'' construction".''The Connoisseur's Book of Jap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantﾅ
A is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords ( ''nihonto'') that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantﾅ dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. Tantﾅ were used in traditional martial arts (tantojutsu). The term has seen a resurgence in the West since the 1980s as a point style of modern tactical knives, designed for piercing or stabbing. Description The ''tantﾅ'' is a single or double edged dagger with a length between 15 and 30 cm (1 Japanese shaku). The tantﾅ was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well. Tantﾅ are generally forged in ''hira-zukuri'' (蟷ｳ騾) style (without ridgeline), meaning that their sides have no ridge line and are nearly flat, unlike the ''shinogi-zukuri'' (骼ｬ騾) structure of a ''katana''. Some tantﾅ have particularly thick cross-sections for armor-piercing duty, and are called '' yoroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tantﾅ
A is one of the traditionally made Japanese swords ( ''nihonto'') that were worn by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The tantﾅ dates to the Heian period, when it was mainly used as a weapon but evolved in design over the years to become more ornate. Tantﾅ were used in traditional martial arts (tantojutsu). The term has seen a resurgence in the West since the 1980s as a point style of modern tactical knives, designed for piercing or stabbing. Description The ''tantﾅ'' is a single or double edged dagger with a length between 15 and 30 cm (1 Japanese shaku). The tantﾅ was designed primarily as a stabbing weapon, but the edge can be used for slashing as well. Tantﾅ are generally forged in ''hira-zukuri'' (蟷ｳ騾) style (without ridgeline), meaning that their sides have no ridge line and are nearly flat, unlike the ''shinogi-zukuri'' (骼ｬ騾) structure of a ''katana''. Some tantﾅ have particularly thick cross-sections for armor-piercing duty, and are called '' yoroi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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{{Commons Words and phrases by language Words Words Words A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no consen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dagger
A dagger is a fighting knife with a very sharp point and usually two sharp edges, typically designed or capable of being used as a thrusting or stabbing weapon.State v. Martin, 633 S.W.2d 80 (Mo. 1982): This is the dictionary or popular-use definition of a dagger, which has been used to describe everything from an ice pick to a folding knife with pointed blade as a 'dagger'. The Missouri Supreme Court used the popular definition of 'dagger' found in Webster's New Universal Dictionary ("a short weapon with a sharp point used for stabbing") to rule that an ordinary pointed knife with four-to-five inch blade constitutes a 'dagger' under the Missouri criminal code.California Penal Code 12020(a)(24):"dagger" means a ''knife or other instrument'' with or without a handguard that is ''capable of ready use as a stabbing weapon'' that may inflict great bodily injury or death. The State of California and other jurisdictions have seized upon the popular-use definition of a dagger to clas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Glossary Of The Construction, Decoration, And Use Of Arms And Armor In All Countries And In All Times
''A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times'' is a reference work written by George Cameron Stone. Contents ''A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times'' is a glossary of over 10,000 alphabetical listings of weapons and armor from around the world. Reception Lawrence Person reviewed ''A Glossary of the Construction, Decoration, and Use of Arms and Armor in All Countries and in All Times'' in ''The Space Gamer ''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...'' No. 73. Person commented that "This book has many strong points. ..Those with an interest in Japanese weapons and armor will be very gratified by this volume. This book has 40 listings just for various ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Combat Knife
A combat knife is a fighting knife designed solely for military use and primarily intended for hand-to-hand or close combat fighting.Peterson, Harold L., ''Daggers and Fighting Knives of the Western World'', Courier Dover Publications, , (2001), p. 80: "Right at the outset trench knives were introduced by both sides during World War I, so that the common soldier was once again equipped with a knife designed primarily for combat."''Catalog of Standard Ordnance Items'', Washington, D.C: U.S. Army Ordnance Publications (1943) Since the end of trench warfare, most military combat knives have been secondarily designed for utility use (clearing foliage, chopping branches for cover, opening ammunition crates, etc.) in addition to their original role as close-quarter combat weapons, and may be referred to as "fighting-utility knives." On the other hand, military knives that are intended primarily for use in a role other than combat are typically referred to by their primary role, such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dirk
A dirk is a long bladed thrusting dagger.Chisholm, Hugh (ed.), ''Dagger'', The Encyclopﾃｦdia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. VII, New York, NY: Cambridge University Press (1910), p. 729 Historically, it gained its name from the Highland Dirk (Scots Gaelic "Dearg") where it was a personal weapon of officers engaged in naval hand-to-hand combat during the Age of SailO'Brian, Patrick, ''Men-of-War: Life In Nelson's Navy'', New York: W.W. Norton & Co., (1974), p. 35 as well as the personal sidearm of Highlanders. It was also the traditional sidearm of the Highland Clansman and later used by the officers, pipers, and drummers of Scottish Highland regiments around 1725 to 1800 and by Japanese naval officers. Etymology The term is associated with Scotland in the Early Modern Era, being attested from about 1600. The term was spelled ''dork'' or ''dirk'' during the 17th century,Head, T.F. ''The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology'' Oxford University Press (1996) presumed relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stiletto
A stiletto () is a knife or dagger with a long slender blade and needle-like point, primarily intended as a stabbing weapon.Limburg, Peter R., ''What's In The Names Of Antique Weapons'', Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, , (1973), pp. 77-78 The stiletto blade's narrow cross-section and acuminated (tapering gradually to a sharp point) tip reduce friction upon entry, allowing the blade to penetrate deeply.Atkins, Anthony G., ''The Science and Engineering of Cutting: The Mechanics and Processes of Separating, Scratching, and Puncturing Bio-Materials, Metals, and Non-Metals'', London: Elsevier Ltd., (2009), p. 214 Some consider the stiletto a form of dagger, but most stilettos are specialized thrusting weapons not designed for cutting or slashing, even with edged examples. Over time, the term ''stiletto'' has been used as a general descriptive term for a variety of knife blades exhibiting a narrow blade with minimal cutting surfaces and a needle-like point, such as the U.S. V-42 stilett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baselard
The baselard, ''Schwiizerdolch'' in Swiss-German (also ''basilard, baslard'', in Middle French also and variants, Latinized etc., in Middle High German ) is a historical type of dagger or short sword of the Late Middle Ages. Etymology In modern use by antiquarians, the term ''baselard'' is mostly reserved for a type of 14th-century dagger with an I-shaped handle which evolved out of the 13th-century knightly dagger. Contemporary usage was less specific, and the term in Middle French and Middle English could probably be applied to a wider class of large dagger. The term (in many spelling variants) first appears in the first half of the 14th century. There is evidence that the term ''baselard'' is in origin a Middle French or Medieval Latin corruption of the German ''basler esser' "Basel knife". Both the term ''baselard'' and the large dagger with H-shaped hilt or "baselard proper" appear by the mid 14th century. Several 14th-century attestations from France gloss the term as ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bollock Dagger
A bollock dagger or ballock knife is a type of dagger with a distinctively shaped hilt, with two oval swellings at the guard resembling male testes ("bollocks"). The guard is often in one piece with the wooden grip, and reinforced on top with a shaped metal washer. The dagger was popular in Scandinavia, Flanders, Wales, Scotland and England between the 13th and 18th centuries, in particular the Tudor period. Within Britain the bollock dagger was commonly carried, including by Border Reivers, as a backup for the lance and the sword. Many such weapons were found aboard the wreck of the ''Mary Rose''. The bollock dagger is the predecessor to the Scottish dirk. In the Victorian period, weapon historians introduced the term kidney dagger, due to the two lobes at the guard, which could also be seen as kidney-shaped, in order to avoid any sexual connotation. The hilt was often constructed of box root (dudgeon) in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the dagger was sometimes called a dudg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Misericorde (weapon)
A misericorde ( or ) (from French word ''misﾃｩricorde'' 'mercy') was a long, narrow knife, used from the High Middle Ages to deliver the death stroke (the mercy stroke, hence the name of the blade, derived from the Latin ''misericordia'', "act of mercy") to a seriously wounded knight. The blade was thin enough to strike through the gaps between armour plates. This weapon was used to dispatch knights who had received mortal wounds, which were not always quickly fatal in the age of bladed combat; it could also be used as a means of killing an active adversary, as during a grappling struggle. The blade could be pushed through the visor or eye holes in the helm with the aim of piercing the brain, or thrust through holes or weak points in plate armor, such as under the arm, with the aim of piercing the heart. The weapon was known from the 12th century and has appeared in the armaments of Germany, Persia, and England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anelace
An ''anelace'' (or in Middle English ''anelas'') was a medieval dagger worn as a gentleman's accoutrement in 14th century England. Frederick William Fairholt (1846) describes it as "a knife or dagger worn at the girdle", and George Russell French (1869) as "a large dagger, or a short sword, hatappears to have been worn, suspended by a ring from the girdle, almost exclusively by civilians". Anelaces had a broad blade "sharp on both edges, and became narrower from hilt to point". Auguste Demmin (1870) also uses the term "anelace" for the similar cinquedeas of 15th century Italy. The term is attested from 1250 to 1300 in the Middle English form of ''an(e)las'', which is derived from the Old French ''ale(s)naz'', a derivative of ''alesne'' ( awl), itself derived from the Old High German ''alasna''. French mentions numerous examples of anelaces appearing in 14th century English art. They were also mentioned in literature. In Chaucer's ''Canterbury Tales ''The Canterbury Tales ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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