Cut off (bladed weapon)

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cut off place in a Panabas

As cut is called a Klingenort , of but is not pointed straight or obliquely tapering. This place form is often used in Asian weapons. In Europe, the pointed shape is more common, as it is better suited to piercing armor. Example of a cut blade: Kachin Dha .

literature

  • Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons: German ABC of the European bare defensive weapons (cut, thrust, blow and hand weapons). Publisher Seifert, Vienna 1981
  • Wolfgang Piersing: Forged bright weapons - symbols of power, strength and elegance. Wire production: contributions to the history of technology ; Volume 3. GRIN, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 3640508939