À jour (bladed weapon)
À jour means pierced in the field of blade weapons. With regard to weapons, it names parts of weapons that are shown and made in openwork, including parts of vessels , scabbard fittings and decorative parts. These can be used for a purpose (catch or throat slit, weight reduction) or just to decorate the weapon. This also applies when a vessel is constructed and used, for example, as a blade catcher . À jour is also used on blades in rare cases.
literature
- Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons. German ABC of the European naked defensive weapons. (Cut, thrust, hit and hand thrown weapons). Verlag Seifert, Haig 1981.