Due to its small and cramped hilt it was not easy to use in a slashing ... They are all derivatives of earlier versions of the curved swords of Turkic Central Asia, and are often confused.

A curved blade of pattern-welded steel ... a symbolic Mughal representation of the right to rule. The sword’s hilt is finely chiselled and decorated with floral motifs and turquoise enamel.

"The Sword of Doom" (1966 ... Nukiuchi refers to placing your hand on the hilt of the katana, then drawing and attacking immediately as your opponent approaches. It is the art of performing ...

The orcs want the black sword hilt he carriesthe one bearing Sauron’s markbecause it’s no mere magical weapon or even a memento. It’s some kind of “key” that has the “power” to once ...

out of approximately 3,000 total Viking swords found. The blade is missing, but the hilt has unique and exquisite detailing not previously witnessed. It would have been one of the most ornamented ...

It is a representative of the bronze full-hilt swords, whose octagonal hilt is made entirely of bronze (octagonal sword type)," a translation of the statement reads. An image of the 3,000 year-old ...