Sword Catalog

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Sword

Catalog(By era and region)


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Early history

(BRO-101) Bronze Age sword

17th century BC, in the Black Sea region and the Aegean, evolving outof the dagger. Typically range from 20 to 35 inches in length (the maximumlength feasible for such material), but with some longer exceptions.

(KHO-102) Khopesh (Egyptian)

(Vocalized as khepesh) is the Egyptian name of the Canaanite

"sickle-sword". Its origins can be traced back to summer of the thirdmillennium BCE. A typical khopesh is 2024 inches in length. This blade wasdesigned for hooking an opponent's shield or disarming them.

(CEL-103) Celtic sword

Appear from the Early Iron Age (12th century BC), but do not become

widespread before the 8th century BC.

(ACI-104) Acinaces (Persian short sword)

A type of dagger or short sword used mainly in the first millennium BC

in the eastern Mediterranean region. The Acinaces is of Scythian origin, but

was made famous by the Persians, and rapidly spread throughout the ancient

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(GLA-105) Gladius

Was one Latin word for sword (shorter than a Spatha, 2532 in), and isused to represent the primary sword of Ancient Roman foot soldiers.

(SPA-106) Spatha

A type of straight and long sword, measuring between 30 and 39

inches. Used throughout first millennium, AD, in Europe, and in the territoryof the Roman Empire until about 600 AD. The spatha was used in war and ingladiatorial fights.

Middle Ages

(ARM-207) Arming sword (high medieval knightly sword)

A type of European sword with a single handed cruciform hilt andstraight double edged blade of around 27 to 32 inches. In common use fromthe 11th to 16th centuries. It is a common weapon in period artwork, andthere are many surviving examples in museums.

(LON-208) Long sword (late medieval)

A type of European sword characterized as having a cruciform hilt witha grip for two handed use and a straight double-edged blade of around 3948inches. Used mainly during the late medieval and Renaissance periods,approximately 1350 to 1550 with early and late use reaching into the 13thand 17th centuries.


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(CLA-209) Claymore (late medieval Scottish)

(From Scottish Gaelic meaning "great sword") refers to the Scottishvariant of the late medieval two-handed long sword. It is characterized ashaving a forward-sloping cross with quatrefoil ends. It was in use from the15th to 17th centuries.

(RAP-210) Rapier (17th century development of the Spanish type)

A slender, sharply pointed sword, ideally used for thrusting attacks,used mainly in Early Modern Europe during the 16th and 17th centuries.

(SAB-211) Sabre (adopted in 18th century cavalry)

A kind of backsword that usually has a curved, single-edgedblade and a rather large hand guard.

Modern fencing (sport equipment) (FOI-312) Foil (fencing)

The modern foil is descended from the training weapon for the small-sword, the common sidearm of 18th century gentleman.

Near Eastern sword ("scimitar")


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All of the Islamic world during the 16th to 18th century, including the Ottoman

Empire, Persia and Mughal India, were influenced by the saifor "scimitar" type of

single-edged curved sword.

(PUL-413) Pulwar (Afghanistan)

A single handed curved sword from Afghanistan and Pakistan. It is thetraditional sword of the Pashtun people.

(SHA-414) Shamshir (Persia)

A type of sabre with a curve that is considered radical for a sword: 5 to15 degrees from tip to tip. The name is derived from Persian, which means"sword".

(TAL-415) Talwar (North India)

A type of curved sword or sabre from the Indian sub-continent, and isfound in the modern countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh andAfghanistan. The Talwar was used by both cavalry and infantry. The grip ofthe Talwar is cramped and the prominent disc of the pommel presses into thewrist if attempts are made to use it to cut like a conventional sabre. Thesefeatures of the Talwar hilt result in the hand having a very secure and ratherinflexible hold on the weapon, enforcing the use of variations on the veryeffective "draw cut".


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(SHO-416) Shotel (Ethiopian scimitar)

A curved sword originating in Abyssinia (ancient Ethiopia). It looks verymuch like the Near Eastern scimitars. The curve on the Shotel's blade variesfrom the Persian shamshir, adopting an almost semicircular shape. The bladeis flat and double-edged. The blade is about 40 inches in total length and thehilt is a simple wooden piece with no guard. The Shotel was carried in a closefitting leather scabbard

Far Eastern swords

China

(CHA-517) Chang dao ()

(Literally meaning "long knife") was a type of anti-cavalry sword used in

China during the Ming Dynasty. Sometimes called Miao dao (a similar but

more recent weapon), the blade very much resembles a Japanese dachi .

(HOO-518) Hook sword ()

Also known as Hu Tou Gou (tiger-head-hook) is an exotic Chineseweapon traditionally associated with Northern styles of Chinese martial arts,

but now often practiced by Southern styles as well.

Japan
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(BOK-619) Bokken ()

A Japanese wooden sword used for training. It is usually the size and

shape of a Katana, but is sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the

Wakizashi and Tant .

(KOD-620) Kodachi

The exact use of the Kodachi is unknown; it may have been a sword foran adolescent.

(CHO-621) Chokut ()

A straight uncurved Japanese sword that was produced prior to the10th century. Chokut were used on foot for stabbing or slashing and were worn hung from the waist.

(KAT-622) Katana (; )

One of the traditionally made Japanese swords that were worn by thesamurai class of feudal Japan, also commonly referred to as a samuraisword.


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(NAG-623) Nagamaki ()

A type of traditionally made Japanese sword in the form of a poleweapon used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The way to hold aNagamaki is very specific. It is held with the two hands in a fixed position inthe same way a katana is held. The Nagamaki is designed for large sweepingand slicing strokes. Traditionally the Nagamaki was used as an infantryweapon. Warriors used the weapon against horsemen.

(SHI-624) Shikomizue

A straight, single edged sword disguised as a common object. Usuallysomething carried every day (Cane, staff, or umbrella)

(TAC-625) Tachi

Originally a cavalry weapon, primarily used on horseback, where it wasable to be drawn efficiently for cutting down enemy foot soldiers and that onthe ground it was still an effective weapon. Averaged 2731 inches in cuttingedge length.

(TAN-626) Tanto

A short blade used by samurai. Similar to a dagger, the Tanto had anaverage blade length of 6-12 inches. The Tanto was widely used in theSeppuku ritual. (Seppuku meaning "stomach-cutting") is a form of Japaneseritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only forsamurai part of the samurai bushido honor code.


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(WAK-627) Wakizashi

Meaning "side inserted sword. The Wakizashi has a blade between 12and 24 inches. The Wakizashi being worn together with the Katana was theofficial sign that the wearer was a samurai or swordsman of feudal Japan.

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