Beam knob

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A beam pommel describes a pommel that forms a T with the handle of a bladed weapon . This pommel shape is often found on weapons from the migration period . This knob shape is rare and is no longer used in later times. Similar handle shapes are used in Africa ( Telek ).

See also

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.