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The small sword or smallsword (also court sword or dress sword, French: épée de cour) [citation needed] is a light one-handed sword designed for thrusting [citation needed] which evolved out of the longer and heavier rapier of the late Renaissance. [citation needed] The height of the small sword's popularity was between the mid-17th and late ...
A Katzbalger (German: [ˈkat͡sbalɡɐ] ⓘ) is a short arming sword, used in early modern Europe notable for its sturdy build and a distinctive s-shaped or figure-8 shaped guard. Measuring 70–80 cm (28–31 in) long and weighing 0.8–1.5 kg (1.8–3.3 lb), it was the signature blade of the Landsknecht .
Arming sword wasters span the broad gap of thirty-two to forty-two inches in length and, like their historical counterparts, have a shorter hilt than a longsword, allowing only one full hand to hold the grip. These wasters also commonly feature defined edges, pommels, and other typical sword elements.
In the European High Middle Ages, the typical sword (sometimes academically categorized as the knightly sword, arming sword, or in full, knightly arming sword) was a straight, double-edged weapon with a single-handed, cruciform (i.e., cross-shaped) hilt and a blade length of about 70 to 80 centimetres (28 to 31 in).
Swords can have single or double bladed edges or even edgeless. The blade can be curved or straight. Arming sword; Dagger; Estoc; Falchion; Katana; Knife; Longsword; Messer; Rapier; Sabre or saber (Most sabers belong to the renaissance period, but some sabers can be found in the late medieval period)
A light novel (ライトノベル, raito noberu) is a style of Japanese young adult fiction primarily targeting high school and middle school students. [1] The term "light novel" is a wasei-eigo, or a Japanese term formed from words in the English language. [2] or, in English, LN. The average length of a light novel is about 50,000 words.
Katanagatari (Japanese: 刀語, "Sword Tale") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series is published by Kodansha under the Kodansha Box imprint. The story revolves around a katanagari, or "sword hunt" for 12 weapons that were created by a single swordsmith.
The "greatsword", within the context of the late medieval longsword, is a type of "outsize(d) specimen", specifically the type XIIIa. The weapons were referred to by a variety of names, as in grans espées d'Allemagne ("big swords of Germany"). [6] The larger subtype XIIIa sword has a grip approximately 6.5–9 in (17–23 cm) long. [7]