Support (weapon)

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Support on a sword blade (opposite the quillons)

Supports (also shoulders ) are the shoulders that are forged between the blade head and the tang on the blade . These paragraphs serve as a holder (support) for the guard , the basket or the guard plate . They secure the basket or other components against slipping on the blade.

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.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Seifert: Technical Terms of Edged Weapons ( Memento of January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 2007 edition (online PDF 2.0 MB).