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Smyths is an Irish multinational chain provider of children's toys, games and entertainment products with over 297 shops throughout western and central Europe. The business is owned by the Smyth family.
Airside Retail Park (Irish: Páirc Miondíolaíochta Thaobh an Aerfoirt [1]) is a retail park that opened in 2001 in Swords, Dublin, close to Dublin Airport. An extension was built in 2005, which doubled the size of the park and included a new recycling centre. [2] As of October 2018, there were 30 shops and businesses based at the site. [3]
This is a list of types of swords. ... Chereb (חֶרֶב , modern Hebrew khérev): ancient Israelite sword mentioned 413 times in the Hebrew Bible. [1]
Bladesmith, Nuremberg, Germany, 1569 Bladesmithing is the art of making knives, swords, daggers and other blades using a forge, hammer, anvil, and other smithing tools. [1] [2] [3] Bladesmiths employ a variety of metalworking techniques similar to those used by blacksmiths, as well as woodworking for knife and sword handles, and often leatherworking for sheaths. [4]
Szczerbiec is a 98 cm-long (39 in) ceremonial sword bearing rich Gothic ornamentation, dated to the mid-13th century. [8] [9] It is classified as a type XII sword with a type I pommel and a type 6 crossguard according to the Oakeshott typology, [6] although the blade may have changed its shape due to centuries of corrosion and intensive cleaning before every coronation.
Early swords were made of copper [citation needed], which bends easily. Bronze swords were stronger; by varying the amount of tin in the alloy, a smith could make various parts of the sword harder or tougher to suit the demands of combat service. The Roman gladius was an early example of swords forged from blooms of steel.
Swords have been recovered in archaeological findings throughout the Ganges-Jamuna Doab region of Indian subcontinent, consisting of bronze but more commonly copper. [18] Diverse specimens have been discovered in Fatehgarh, where there are several varieties of hilt. [18] These swords have been variously dated to times between 1700 and 1400 BC.
The sword has been stored in the Isonokami Shrine since ancient times. The inscription on the blade had been hidden by rust and was rediscovered in the 1870s by Masatomo Kan, a Shinto priest at the shrine. There is a two-sided inscription on the sword which is inlaid in gold. This sword appears to have been mentioned in the Nihon Shoki. [6]