The sword is a one or two phyla stab that is basically a sheet straight cutting, sharp - or both -, with grip, and some scale or mark (brand: approximately from half a meter). According to the strict definition would not swords sabers, the katanas, etc.La Word sword comes from the Latin spatha (He served for the sword long and straight Roman cavalry), and this, at the same time the spathe Greek.
The manufacture of swords in the city of Toledo (Spain) back to Roman times, but it was under Arab rule and during the Reconquista when Toledo and its espaderos guilds played a fundamental role. Between the XV and XVII industry-related manufacturing swords was a huge boom in Toledo to the point that industria espadera toledana came to be considered as the best of Europe.
PARTS OF THE SWORD
The sword consists of the sheet and the grip. The term of vaina designates the sword blade cover, where resting when not in use.
| Hoja.- Three types of attacks can be made with the sheet: punzar, cortar y rasgar. The blade may have double or single-edged; the latter may have a false edge near the tip. To handle the sword, the true edge or longest side is used for stinging straight or estocadas, While the false edge or short side is used to counteract. Some handles have the edge in the longest part, While more symmetrical handles allow you to exchange the short side and long simply by rotating side. |
| Empuñadura.- Grip understands all of the sword that allows the control and management of the sheet and consists of the mango, the knob and a simple or elaborate guard. Swords of the post-vikinga era consisted only of a cross guard (cruceta llamada empuñadura and). |
| Vaina.- The pod is the protective covers where rests the sword. In the Millennium, the pod has been made of many materials, incluyendo piel, madera y metales, as bronze and steel. Where is introduced the leaf sheath aperture is called throat and is part of the same pod mount, in which leads a hook or a ring which facilitates the entry of the sword. |
THE MEDIEVAL SWORD
The spatha type remains widespread during the migration period and even in the middle ages. The Vendel era spathas (Suecia, 550-793) were decorated with Germanic reasons. The Viking age again provides a more standardized production, but the basic design remained indebted to the spatha. Only since the 11th century Norman swords are beginning to develop hawks or the cross.
During the Crusades of the 12th century (o XIII) This cruciform type remains stable, with changes that only affect the way knob. These swords were designed as cutting weapons, Although became common effective tips to counter the armor enhancements.
Single-edged swords were popular in Asia. Korean sword Hwandudaedo, for the Chinese Dao, known in medieval times early three kingdoms. Japanese Katana, whose production is documented approximately in the year 900 also derived from the Dao.
HISTORIC SWORD
We have assembled a collection of historical swords that evoke fidelignamente history. We highlight some of them as the of the Reyes Católicos, Colon, Carlos V, Carlomagno or the Cid.
SWORDS OF LEGEND
Also evoked fantasy and playing some master pieces include the sword legend of Excálibur, Ivanhoe, Don Quijote, Robin Hood, Lancelot or the Príncipe Valiente.
The word espada the spatha Latin (He served for the sword long and straight Roman cavalry), and this, at the same time the spathe Greek. Etymologically the name remains today in French as épée and in Italian as spada.
The sable It is also a curved, single-edged sword, intended to cut, usually used in cavalry and officers in the 19th century and 20th. This curved character sheet traditionally distinguishes the sword of the sword.
Types of swords
| Alfanje | Sheet wide and curved sword, with edge in a side only (or contrafilo in his last third). |
| Bracamarte | Sword, in the middle ages, for single-edged and curved at the top, close to the tip. |
| Claymore | Viperus Claymore (great sword in British meaning) were swords which needed two hands to be blandidas (montante o espadón), sharp by the two sides of the sheet, having a long grip (at least a quarter of the total of the gun), that allowed the user to sustain without force maneuvers, Neither of grab by the base of the leaf. |
| Cimitarra | The scimitar is a refined weapon, fina y ligera. Decididamente cortante, with a single wire y a empuñadura protectora. |
| Ropera | The term rapier (now also known as rapier) arises in the Renaissance in Spain to designate some kind of leaves are long and straight sword, given a hand. The original name of the rapier is Tizona (not to be confused with the sword of El Cid), It is called rapier because loaded as an addition to clothing, generally used by fashion and as a personal defense weapon. |
| Espadín | Today the sprat, is known to be the predecessor of the sword, one of the three sheets that are used in fencing. Originariamente, sprat was a tough weapon, ligera, a fact sheet that weighed about 750 g. |
| Estoque | A medieval rapier is a narrow leaf sword (is shaking from the handle to the tip) and always finished in a sharp tip of three or more tables (sides of the leaf), more tip that is used in court. |
| Falcata | The falcata is a type of stab, a native of Iberia iron sword, and related to the Iberian indigenous populations prior to the Roman conquest, was used between the Iberian towns or bordering the first celtiberians, being the sword of “antenas” most common in the more Celtic area of the peninsula. |
| Florete | The foil is a long sword, flexible, stainless steel, 500 g weight and 110 cm long, using a rectangular section. |
| Gladius | Gladius is the Roman term used to designate the sword. Now applies to the typical sword used by the legions Roman. Had an approximate length of half a meter (Although it could be done to measure the user), and a sheet straight and wide double edged sword. |
| Jian | The Jian sword is stab straight blade par excellence of the Chinese people. Moderadamente larga, the doble filo y its prácticamente cruz, that is to be used from historically since the 2nd millennium BC. |
| Khopesh | A khopesh, kefresh or jepesh is a sword or curved blade Sabre, in the form of “u” the form of hoz (Depending on of the period) with the edge on the convex side, used in the ancient Near East and in the area of Canaan and popularized Egypt. |
| Machete | A machete is a knife large but shorter than a sword. Commonly measured less than 60 cm and have an only filo. |
| Montante | The Montante, is a broad sword very long hawks, handle the masters of weapons with both hands to separate battles in fencing. |
| Claymore | (The man, my, and double.) Slash or big hit given brandishing the weapon with both hands. Great Espada. |
| Bastarda | Bastard sword, or sword hand and half is a generic name used for many varieties of long and straight blade European swords, can be blandidas to medium hand (use the sinister to grab the sheet in his first third, or as support of the right hand in the hand grip) or two-handed. |
| Espadón | The term espadón is a colloquial and modern way to call the amount (Voz correcta and castellano). However both relate to large swords of the medieval and Renaissance era. |
| Ronfea | It is a long sword. |
| Sica | Originating in the region of Thrace curved sword. Its unique cutting edge, the internal, is very sharp. |
| Spatha | The Spatha was a white weapon used by the Roman army during the period of decadence and barbarian invasions. It originated in the first century of the gladius used by infantry, otorgándosele mayor tamaño (70-100 sheet centimeters) for pudiera be used effectively by la caballería. |
| Verduguillo | Thin rapier as used to descabellar the bull. |
| Schiavona | It is a sword with hilt of basket. Derived from the Schiavoni, soldados mercenarios. |
Swords types
| Alfanje | The main problem with the term “alfanje” is the set correctly what was actually referring. Firstly its definition refers to a short descent Muslim-Eastern adopted and modified in the peninsula as other Christian areas of the Mediterranean Sabre type. |
| Cimitarra | The scimitar voice seems to come from the Italian derivation “scimitarra” of the Persian shamsir, and serves in the West to refer to any curved sable Muslim or Eastern. |
| Dao | A dao is a stab of an only phylum corva and in various variants may or may not widen in the last third. It is one of the four major weapons of the martial arts of China along with the Jian, the Dao, the Qiang (lanza) the Gun, and (bastón), This group known as the “General of all weapons”. |
| Flissa | The flissa (flyssa) is a straight sword or sword (According to conventions) in North Africa, until its last third single-edged blade, where is double, which ends in an acute tip. |
| Laito | The iaito is a long sword “training” used for the practice of the iaidō or other martial arts, instead of a real katana. |
| Katana | The katana is a Japanese sword, While in Japan, this word is used generically to encompass all Sabres. |
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| Shamsir | A Shamshir is the cutlass or Muslim sable par excellence. Curved blade and short hawks cross, his stylized leaf curve regularly from its first third. For single-edged rule, except in its final stretch - to puncture -, was a one-hand weapon. |
| Talwar | The talwar tulwar is the indostán sword, curved blade, mostly of single-edged and whose main characteristic that distinguishes them from other turco-musulmanes swords is its characteristic grip, flattened fist, cortos gavilanes rectos and labores semicirculares rematados, with forearm from the Hawk side that fall off the edge ring, finishing the grip in a notable knob flattened circular in shape and crowns with natural reasons Appendix. |
| Wazikashi | The wakizashi, is a Japanese traditional short sword, with a length of between 30 and 60 cm. In the short case, almost should be talking about tantō, a Japanese knife type. Its shape is similar to the katana, Although the phylum is usually thin and therefore can hurt more severely to an unprotected target. |
| Yatagán | The Yatagan is a species of sable or cutlass used in Middle East. Is equipped with double curvature, making it easy to use indistinct cut or tip. A phylum and contrafilo raced abroad. Its grip is characterized by two lumps in the “pomo” so-called ears serving so not slide hand. |
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