Beard (bladed weapon)
With an extended (extended) blade, a beard is the part that extends the cutting edge. It can be found in the following forms:
- drawn out points on the broad blade of a halberd
- extended end of the blade of a battle ax (see also bearded ax )
- Barbs to spit and spear iron as well arrowheads
Even with today's ax , the extended part of the blade is called the beard.
Beard by the knife
A knife blade is called a beard if the edge of the handle is lower than the underside of the handle. At the transition, the handle and blade form an angle or a corresponding curve for the front finger. With a knife, the beard does not make the blade longer but wider.
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.