Hirschfanger, Hunting dagger (German: Hirschfänger, Jagddegen, French: Coteau de chasse) – a dagger or knife intended for killing wild beast, many samples are decorated with enamel, taching and engraving depicting scenes of hunting or animals and birds. The guards of such knives and daggers often have a shell directed outward and a cross. But most of the daggers and knives used in hunting did not stand out in anything special. How distinctive feature, inherent hunting weapons there are sheaths in which there were additional pockets where hunting tools were stored: a cutting knife, a knife for cutting a carcass, an awl for separating veins. Many bladed weapons have these additional features.
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Saber- (Hungarian - czablya, from szabni - to cut; English sabre or sabel and in all European languages almost the same) - a chopping, chopping-cutting weapon with a curved blade, which has a blade on the convex side and a butt on the concave side. A characteristic difference from other long-bladed weapons with a handle is that the center of gravity is located at a considerable distance from the hilt (usually at the level of the border of the first and second third from the tip of the blade), which causes an additional cutting action during chopping blows. Varieties of sabers differ in size, radius of curvature of the blade, and the design of the hilt (handle). The combination of the curvature of the blade with a significant distance from the center of gravity from the hilt increases the force of the blow and the area of the affected space. This feature of the saber is incredibly effective for blades made of high-quality steels that have great elasticity and toughness. The handle handle is often bent towards the blade. A lanyard is attached to the handle for beauty and for tying it to the warrior’s hand. In accordance with the Eastern tradition, the handle of the saber is equipped with a cross with a crosshair (eastern sabers), but other guards were also used in Europe. The sheath, like that of swords, is wooden, covered with leather or morocco or velvet, equipped with a metal device, thanks to which it is attached to the belt with laces.
The saber came to Europe along with the nomadic Avars and the Magyars who replaced them and other nomads who inhabited Hungary. Among the nomads, the saber became the main weapon of the cavalry. The fact that the saber, along with the Imperial (or Coronation) Gospel (Reichsevangeliar) and the “Purse of St. Stephen” (Stephansbursa), belongs to the imperial regalia (Reichskleinodien) to the group of the so-called “Aachen Kleinods”, that is, those attributes of power of the Roman-German emperors , which until 1794 were kept in Aachen and only then were transported to the Treasury of the Hofburg Palace in Vienna indicates a rather respectful attitude towards these weapons. This very “Saber of Charlemagne” Sabel Karls des Großen (English: Charlemagne saber), according to legend, a gift from Harun ar Rashid himself. But the Slavic-Magyar ornament on this weapon tells a different story.
IN Eastern Europe And Central Asia The saber developed in the 7th-8th century as a result of the improvement of the sword and, judging by the quality of workmanship, was a status weapon, while the West considered straight blades to be status weapons. European: Grosmesser, Swiss saber, Badler were not cavalry. In Western Europe, the transition of cavalry to saber combat began in the mid-17th century and continued until the beginning of the 18th century; this happened as eastern tactics of equestrian combat were mastered. Video demonstrating the capabilities of the classic Persian saber,
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| Polish-Hungarian saber Buturovka (batorowka), trans. floor. 1600 It is characterized by a slightly curved blade with a barely pronounced elman. German Historical Museum (DHM) Berlin | Saber of Charlemagne. Most likely, it was made in Eastern Europe (maybe in Hungary) in the 9th-10th century. She has a steel blade with copper inlay and partial gilding. The wooden handle is covered with fish skin and decorated with gold, silver, gilding and precious stones. The scabbard is wooden, covered in leather and decorated with gold. The length of the saber is 90.5 cm. The blade of the saber is 75.8 cm long, slightly curved, and has a long reverse sharpening (34.4 cm). The scabbard is covered in three places (mouth, middle and top) with a gilded silver plaque with floral patterns. | Sabers of the first half of the 17th century:
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Scullop aka Duzeggi(from the English scallop - shell flap, and dusägge, dusegge, dusegg) - this is what boarding sabers and cutlasses are sometimes called where there is an additional guard in the form of a shell. Such weapons were used from the end of the 16th to the 19th centuries by both naval sailors and pirates and the merchant fleet.
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Sax and Scramasax(Scramaseax) - an ancient Germanic large combat knife, an auxiliary melee weapon, often accompanying a sword, and sometimes replacing it, was used by Germanic and Scandinavian tribes from the 5th to the 11th centuries. In the 10th century it is found in the territory Kievan Rus. Total length: 27-51 cm, more often – 41-48 cm. Blade length: 14-42 cm, more often – 33-39 cm. Blade width: 2-3.8 cm. Blade thickness at the butt of the handle: 0.6 -0.8 cm. Handle length: 9-11 cm. That is, it is strong and heavy. There are almost straight examples, and with a widening of the blade, many also have a bevel on the blade for the possibility of delivering a piercing blow. Many have both expansion and bevel. It was also a tool like a machete. But many (though by no means all) blades are decorated with gold and silver, which indicates their status. The Skramasax was worn by warriors in a sheath at the warrior’s thigh with the blade down so that the hilt was at right hand, and the scabbard was connected to the belt through several bronze rings. The scabbards of most Saxons are made of leather, and some are made of wooden plates covered with leather, like the scabbards of swords. Many scabbards are covered with decorative decorations. The wooden handle was mounted on the shank.
Seax or Sax in Old Germanic for "knife". The term "scramasax" was established thanks to the entry in the History of the Franks, Gregory of Tours, where it is said that in the 6th century the king of the Franks, Sigibert, was killed by two young men with the help of "powerful knives, usually called Scramasaxes".
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Soldier's sword is not expressed as a single type of edged weapon. When talking about a soldier's sword, they sometimes mean primarily a cheaper or outdated modification of a knight's sword. Even the poor infantryman sought to arm himself more beautifully and more expensively. A large knife or dagger, similar in size and fighting qualities to a sword, can also be considered a “soldier’s sword.” Swords not suitable for knights and typical for infantrymen: Buzzelard, Katzbalger, Grandmaster and Two-Handed - Zweinhander.
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Chikwedea(German Ochsenzunge bezeichnet; Italian La cinquedea; English Chinkueda; French langue de Bœuf) - a relatively short sword or large heavy dagger with a wide blade tapering to the tip, decorated with several fullers, the number of which at the heel of the blade can be four or five at the tip, two or three fingers, the handle imitates the ancient method of attachment to the blade. Sizes and weights vary widely. It was most widespread in northern Italy in the period from 1450 to 1550; its bizarre shape reflects the then fashion for antiquity. Also used in Southern France and Burgundy, sometimes in Germany. Its name is translated from Italian as “divine five”, and in German and French as “ox tongue”. These names reflect it unusual shape. It was worn by both townspeople and nobles in a leather sheath attached to their belt in a horizontal position behind their back. Used as a weapon of crime or self-defense. Was supplanted by Rapiers and Swords.
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Schiavona(Italian: Schiavona, sometimes pronounced Chiavona) is an Italian type of sword with a basket guard, used in the 16th-18th centuries. The outline of the very characteristic basket guard of the schiavone somewhat resembles a hand grasping the hilt in a combat glove. The name of this weapon comes from the mercenary troops of the Venetian doges, recruited from the inhabitants of Slavonia (the area between the Sava and Drava rivers, modern Croatia) and Dalmatia, located on the islands and the coast of the Adriatic Sea and located in 1420-1797. under the rule of Venice. The pommel of the schiavona handle is usually figured, often decorated with an applied mascaron and covered with hilt shields. The blades are double-edged, lenticular or diamond-shaped, and may or may not have a fuller. Samples from the late 16th to the first half of the 17th century have a double-edged blade; one-and-a-half and one-sided sharpening appears from the second half of the 17th century, but double-edged sharpening did not disappear in the 18th century. Short and wide Schiavones were used in Italy. sailors instead of a boarding saber, and samples with a 90 cm blade were used by cuirassiers. Widely used in Italy and Spain.
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 Schiavona. "SAVA" is engraved on the handle shield. In the center of the pommel on both sides there is a decorative hump in the form of a male head with a mustache. Double-edged blade, German, probably early. 17th century, made. in Passau (length 88.3 cm, width 4.1 cm), lenticular in cross-section. The fuller starts from the heel and goes to the middle of the blade approach. The blade is noticeably older than the hilt, which was installed in the 18th century. Total length: 104 cm Weight: 1340 g. |
| Sword of “Schiavon”. Italy. XVII century Steel, wood, copper alloy. Forging, carving, casting, weaving. Total length 101.8 cm, blade length 86.5 cm, width at the heel 4.4 cm. Brand on the blade lobe: “IHB”. The blade is straight, double-edged, with a fuller of approximately one quarter of the total length of the blade. The handle is wooden, wrapped in twisted wire. The copper head is flat, figured, with rosettes on the sides. The guard is a closed type in the form of a system of intersecting flat arches, a cross with curved ends ending in a thickening and a ring for the thumb. KP-1217 |
The handles are Schiavon Italian. made in the early 17th century. German Historical Museum (DHM). Berlin. Schiavons and Claymores.  |
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Saber or Sword Sinclair(Sinclair hilt sabre or Sinclair hilt sword) - in English weapon science, such an adjective is sometimes applied to bladed weapons whose hilts are equipped with wide shell-shaped disks curved inward or outward. Similar hand protection came from Scotland, where it began to be used from the end of the 15th century. This weapon is associated with a group of Scottish mercenaries commanded by Colonel G. Sinclair who died in Norway in 1612. The blades and handles of such weapons are very diverse. In Soviet weapons science it is customary to say " Sword with shell-shaped hand guard".
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Mourning Sword or Haudegen(English Mortuary sword, German Haudegen) - a heavy sword used with cavalry in 1625 during the English Civil War. The blade often had a one-sided sharpening and a length of at least 90 cm. The guard does not have a crosspiece, but the basket is clearly defined. The handle is often very intricately decorated.
In the 19th century it was suggested that the decorative embellishments were applied to commemorate the execution of King Charles I. However, this style of decoration predated the execution of Charles I (1649) and was used on swords and rapiers. Another possible origin of this name comes from the appearance of the basket of the guard, the shields and arms of which are similar to the human chest. Mourning swords were used until about 1670, later losing their decoration and becoming broadswords and swords.
What’s interesting is that the German definition of Haudegen includes not only certain basket-shaped swords, but also intricately decorated rapiers.
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| Funeral sword from 1640. The braiding of the handle is made of three types of wire. The basket is engraved with four bearded faces. Blade length 81 cm, total length 96 cm. | A beautiful mourning sword. With preserved original leather braided handle. Blade length 84 cm. |
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Flamberge from French Flamberge means bright, flaming. This nickname was first given to his sword by the legendary knight Rene de Montauban (8th century, the author of the article does not know what kind of blade he had). In modern times, the term "flamberge" is applied to two-handed swords with wavy blades. In the Middle Ages, not only two-handed swords had wavy blades, but also others called flambards or flammards. Doppelsolders armed with two-handed Flamberges made this sword famous. The Zweihander with a counterguard was used as a prototype. A detail that appears in the Flamberges is the expansion of the blade towards the tip, which, although it upsets the balance, makes the chopping blow even stronger.
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Falchion(English Falchion, Italian Falcione, from French fauchon, and Latin falx, that is, sickle, Spanish Alfanje) is a single-edged sword, whose blade has a straight or slightly curved spine, and smoothly or sharply expands towards the tip. This shape of the blade makes it chopping and cutting weapons, so there is a thorn at the tip of the blade, sometimes there is a bevel. The handle is equipped with a cross, a handle for a one-handed grip and a spherical or disc-shaped pommel. It was used in Northern Europe from the 13th century and throughout the 14th and 15th centuries. This sword developed the ideas of Sax of northern Europe, with whom he had many common features, for example, the expansion of the blade towards the tip. It is also believed that the appearance of this sword may have been the result of the influence of the Scimitar of the Muslim East. However, its guard always reflects the shapes of other European swords.
It is often written that the falchion was blunt and heavy and could be used as a working tool or as a weapon in drunken fight. This myth comes from the fact that the falchion is similar in appearance and fighting qualities to the Big Knife and Cleaver. But it is the Falchion that is a status weapon. The Conyers falchion () clearly belonged to a knight, and in illustrations this weapon is usually shown in the hands of a knight or a successful footsoldier. Many late Falchions were very richly decorated and belonged to nobles. In particular, there is a very elaborately engraved and gilded sword from the 1560s in the Wallace Collection. This weapon is engraved with the personal coat of arms of Cosimo de' Medici, Duke of Florence. In the fifth act of the third scene of William Shakespeare's play King Lear, the mad king threatens with his falchion.
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| From the collection of the British Museum, probably mid-13th century | Falchion Westminster Bible 1262-1277 | Altar of St. John. Beheading of John the Baptist, fragment of the right wing 1455-1460 Gemaldegalerie, Berlin, Germany. full picture |
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| Knights with swords and falchions Illustration for the novel about Alexander 1340 | Falchion in sheath. 1340-1345 - "Soldier guarding the Holy Sepulcher, detail of the bas-relief, Musee de l" Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, France). | Falchion by Cosimo di Medici. 1560 Italy, Wallace Collection, London. Weight. 1588. Length 75.25 cm; guard width 19.7 cm; Blade 59.7 cm; blade width is 4.5 cm, but widens to 5.7 cm to the tip; handle and pommel 14 cm. |
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Fauchard- also known as a siege knife (from the French fauchard or couteau de breche), in Russian weapons science it is often called a Kosar, it is a large knife with a one-sided sharpening mounted on a short shaft. It can easily be confused with a glaive. But the glaive is mounted on a shaft that is at least 170 cm long. And the fauchard sits on a half-meter shaft. The word fauchard itself is French, the same root as the word faux - braid. In this case, Faux is the scythe as a whole, the blade of the scythe will be rangier. That is, they have the same root as Falchion and often when they say “two-handed falchion” they specify “fauchard”, forgetting about: Craigmesser, Badler and Kordelach. The weapon was mentioned in the 12th-15th centuries and was seen in illustrations, but was not widely used.
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Sword from the Italian "spada" and Spanish "espada" which are translated as sword - a bladed weapon with a long, straight, narrow or medium-wide blade and a complex guard, consisting of a cup, one or more arches of various shapes and a cross, or only a system of arches and a cross. The handle handle is usually wrapped with wire. In the 15th-16th centuries, it was not inferior in weight or fighting qualities to a knight’s sword, and thanks to new details in the handle, it was even somewhat superior to it. Some lightening of the blade was offset by the weight of the handle.
In English terminology, what we consider to be a sword is in English - "Smallsword" in German "Galadegen", that is, a small sword and a diminutive of "Rapier". These terms are used for non-military weapons weighing about 700 grams. In Soviet weapons science, a sword also means swords with a basket guard, which we also call “Military swords.” Only in the middle of the 17th century did swords begin to be lighter and take on the appearance we are familiar with.
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| The hilt of a heavy cavalry sword, early 17th century. | A good heavy cavalry sword. The forged basket protects the hand, there is a thumb ring, and the long handle allows this sword to be used with both hands. In addition to the basket there is a long cross. The handle tang is covered with wood and wrapped in leather, with a massive conical pommel. Single-edged blade, long - 94.61; total length 117 cm. Weight 1.5 kg. | The hilt of a cavalry sword from the late 16th century. What’s interesting is that the blade is German and the hilt is Italian. German Historical Museum (DHM) Berlin. | |
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  Sword (Italian: Spada da lato), German production, late 16th century. Total length 117, weight 1530g. Private collection. |
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Swiss saber(English: Swiss saber, German: Schweizer säbel) - not a real saber, characterized by a long blade of slight curvature, evenly tapering towards the tip, there is no elman, the sharpening is often double-edged. The fuller is narrow or wide, but runs the entire length of the blade. The balance point is located above the handle. The handle is known in various designs, characterized by the presence of a cross and arches protecting the hand connected to the pommel. Simple handles with a cross and without a clearly defined pommel are also known.
The total length is at least a meter (of which 80 cm is the blade). This weapon is often referred to as a “Swiss curved sword.”
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Estoc(English Tuc, French Estoc, Italian Stocco, Spanish Estoque, in German: Bohrschwert, Pörschwert, Panzerstecher, Perswerte, Pratspieß) is a long stabbing sword, characterized by a thick, durable blade and a fairly simple cross-shaped handle with a one-handed grip. The blade was triangular, diamond-shaped, square and even hexagonal in cross-section. This sword is designed to defeat armored opponents. In some swords of this type, from a third to half of the blade were smooth, which allowed the warrior to grab the sword by the blade with his second hand and deliver a more powerful blow.
Estok, like a saddle sword, was used at the beginning of the 14th century as an auxiliary weapon for cavalry. Sometimes riders used it when dismounting. It was also used in the 17th century, especially in Eastern Europe (in Poland and Russia it was called Konchar, akin to the Turkish “Khanjar”, that is, “dagger”). Estok is well suited for blows aimed between armor plates and for piercing armor plates. The word Panzerstecher was used not only for the sword, but also for piercing daggers - Rondels and Stilettos.
By the end of the 16th century, along with a simple cross-shaped hilt, a complex one began to be used. Similar weapons to Estok are the less massive Rapier and Alshpis. Alspies (German Ahlspieß, English Ahlspiess) is a shortened spear with two disc-shaped stops. The length was 1-1.5 m. It appeared in Switzerland in the 15th century, but was rarely used; it is also sometimes called Estok.
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| This South German sword is either an estok or a slasher, about this sword from 1500 we can confidently say that it is a Panzerstecher, that is, “Armor Piercer”. The handle shank is threaded into a figured wooden handle. | ||
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| Estoc 1580 Distinctive characteristics: crosspiece with rings and a flat octagonal plate, the ricasso is covered with a clip for better fixation in the sheath. The conical top is fixed with a washer threaded into the shank. The original wooden handle covered with leather (very worn) has been preserved. A straight narrow diamond blade 100 cm long. This rare sword was recently discovered in Hungary, but it is of the Austrian type. | Knight of the 1520 model with a war hammer and estok. thin Jacob Heinrich Hefner-Alteneck | |
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Espada or Slasher(from Spanish. Spada - sword) the sometimes found name for a two-handed sword, implies a light two-handed sword with a rather narrow blade with weakly defined fullers or no fullers at all, intended more for thrusting, the counterguard is barely pronounced, and most often absent. More typical for Denmark and of course Germany. Not to be confused with the pole-arm Esponton, whose combat tip is a wide, symmetrical leaf-shaped feather under which a crosspiece is reinforced; and with Espadron - a special dueling and sports saber of the 19th and 20th centuries.
Perhaps the most famous fighter who used a two-handed sword in our literature was Baron Pampa from the novel “It’s Hard to Be a God.” But the Strugatskys, apparently, did not have much control over the issue, suggesting that their hero pull the two-handed weapon out of its sheath. It would be interesting to see how the baron, puffing, pulls out a one and a half meter blade from them, and the enemy delicately waits on the sidelines or helps to cope with this difficult task.
In fact, two-handed swords did not have sheaths - after all, their average length exceeded one and a half meters. Let's get acquainted with the most famous of them.
Claymore Sword
The Claymore sword is a two-handed sword, actively used by the Scots since the end of the 14th century. Yes, yes, the native sword of “that same Highlander.” It was used both in “showdowns” between clans and in battles with the British.
It is easily identified by its characteristic guard, the bows of which were curved towards the blade and decorated with a stylized image of a four-leaf clover. The blade length of a claymore is 105-110 cm, the handle increases it to one and a half meters. Weight was 1.5-2 kg.
This sword is considered the best of the two-handed swords in terms of size-effectiveness ratio: not the best big sizes and the lack of narrow specialization made it possible to apply it with great efficiency in any situation.
Sword Zweihander
The name of this sword is translated from German simply as “two-handed sword.” The doppelzoldners were armed with zweihanders - the same mercenary infantry as the landsknechts, only receiving double pay, a kind of elite. The sword could reach a length of 2 meters and had a double guard, top part which separated the sharpened part from the unsharpened part (ricasso), allowing you to grab the blade.
Unlike the claymore, the Zweihander sword was highly specialized. It was used by first-line infantrymen, who used it to push away or cut through enemy pikes and spears. Big size required no less great physical strength (the weight of the sword reached 6.6 kg), as well as courage and good skill, so the German “special forces” did not get their money in vain.
Well, what kind of sheath is this size? There weren’t any - the sword was carried on the shoulder, wrapped in fabric or leather.
Sword Flamberge
The specific shape of the flamberge blade made it possible to significantly increase the destructive effect of slashing blows to armor by reducing the contact area, and the “waves” of the blade when pulling the sword out of a broken hole additionally cut the armor like a saw. By the way, they curved outward like saw teeth.
This is the first weapon to be declared "inhumane". For possessing it after being captured you could easily lose your head. This is explained simply: wounds from the flamberge were very difficult to heal, since the wavy blade made a laceration in the body with several parallel cuts inside, which in the Middle Ages could easily lead to inflammation and gangrene.
The Flamberge sword was about 1.5 m long and weighed 4 kg. Such a significant weight is explained by the fact that the blade had to be made thicker than that of ordinary straight swords, since due to its peculiar shape it could easily break in narrow places.
Sword Espadon
The Espadon sword is a classic two-handed sword with a tetrahedral blade. Its length reached 1.8 m, and the guard was formed by two massive arches. The center of gravity was often shifted to the tip, which made it possible to increase the penetrating ability of the espadron.
Weight combat sword was 3-5 kg, but there were also heavier specimens. But they mostly played the role of ceremonial or award weapons, and were sometimes also used as training weapons. Much later, the espadron evolved and turned from a sword into a sword (not without reason in Spanish espada has two translation options - sword and sword).
In modern MMO jargon, “tanks” were armed with spadrons. Their task was to make a hole in the front ranks of the enemy lines so that their comrades could then build on their success. It was also quite good against cavalry: its size and weight made it possible to chop the legs of horses and pierce armor equally effectively.
Sword of Estok
This is what this sword was called in Western Europe. In the East it is better known as konchar. This is a different way to deal with men-at-arms. Unlike the flamberge, which literally sawed through armor, the estok sword was intended to deliver stabbing blows. Its tetrahedral blade, which usually had a stiffening rib, reached a length of 1.3 m.
The estok was no longer used by infantry, but by cavalrymen, who secured it on the right side of the saddle, rather than wearing it on their belt. This allowed them, having lost their pike, not to lose the ability to defend themselves. In horse fighting, the estok was held with one hand like a spear. On foot, he was held by a mutual grip, compensating for the missing horse mass with his own strength.
Sword Slasher
It is impossible not to mention the two-handed sword of the English mounted knights, although they were not the only ones who used it. The most famous specimen is kept in the Netherlands and has a length of 2.15 m and a weight of 6.6 kg.
Slasher
Spadon Germany
Slasher, Spadon(fr. espadon from Spanish espada- sword) - a type of two-handed sword (“great sword”) used mainly in Germany and (especially) Switzerland in the 17th centuries. The slasher can be considered a "classic" type of two-handed sword. In a number of sources, the name “sword” is synonymous with the two-handed sword itself.
Device
The slasher is a heavy cutting sword designed exclusively for two-handed use.
The blade of the sword is double-edged, with a rounded tip, up to 1.5 m long, with the length of the entire weapon being about 1.8 m. In the vast majority of cases, the blade is tetrahedral in cross-section. The guard consists of two long and massive arches, sometimes complicated by side rings and in most cases slightly descending to the blades. The center of gravity of the weapon is on the blade near the guard. Sometimes there were options with the center of gravity shifted closer to the tip of the blade, which made it easier to fight against an enemy armed with a shield and sword, and also enhanced the penetrating ability of this weapon. The handle is tubular or applied, covered with fabric or leather and ends with a headband, which, however, may not exist. Weight military weapons ranges from 3 to 5 kg (heavier blades were, as a rule, decorative, ceremonial, training, etc.)
A characteristic feature is the presence of protrusions on the blade at some distance from the guard - the so-called counterguard. Between them and the guard, the blade has a ricasso, sometimes covered with leather or fabric. In addition, the hilt often has characteristic rings near the guard, which, like the ricasso, were used for additional grips on the sword, and also provided additional protection and in some cases could serve as a trap for the enemy’s blade.
The sword did not have a sheath, but the blade could be sheathed during a campaign. When walking, the sword was worn in a sling made of a wide belt on the right shoulder. There was also the option of wearing the slasher on the left under the arm - in this case, he held the guard ring with the thumb of his left hand.
Application
Two-handed swords were used only by a small number of very experienced warriors, whose height and strength had to exceed the average level, and who had no other purpose than to be “joueurs d"épée à deux mains" (playing two-handed sword). These warriors, being at the head of the detachment, broke the shafts of the pikes and paved the way, overturning the advanced ranks of the enemy army; Following them along the cleared road were other foot soldiers. In addition, “joueurs d"épée à deux mains" (playing with a two-handed sword) accompanied nobles, commanders-in-chief, and commanders in a skirmish; the warriors paved the way for them, and in case of the fall of those accompanied, they guarded them with frightening enemy swings of the sword, while they rose with the help of pages Also, such warriors (or rather, their lightweight variations) were sometimes used by light infantry to counter heavy armored infantry.
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- (French, from espada sword). Antique German battle sword; also rapier. Dictionary of foreign words included in the Russian language. Chudinov A.N., 1910. ESPADO is a large two-handed sword, used in ancient times in Germany and Switzerland. Dictionary… … Dictionary of foreign words of the Russian language
Noun, number of synonyms: 4 sword (26) weapon (114) rapier (2) ... Synonym dictionary
SSPADON- a type of English cavalry sword... Encyclopedia of weapons
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