Vessel (weapon)

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The hilt of a rapier , consisting of a handle , pommel, and various parry and hand guard elements (e.g. cross-guard and handle)

The vessel includes all parts of a grip weapon ( cutting , stabbing and thrusting weapons with a pronounced grip ), which are used to grasp the same, to defend against the enemy weapon, to protect the hand and to hold these parts together. A bladed weapon therefore consists of a blade , vessel and sheath .

Components

The components of a vessel are:

  • Handle or handle ; this is grasped with the hand
  • Knob ; Completion of the handle
  • Hand protection elements to protect the hand
  • Parrying elements to defend against the opponent's blade; often at the same time double function as hand protection elements

Vascular groups

Vessel groups 1 (Fig. 1)
Vessel groups 2 (Fig. 2)

The vessels can be designed from very simple to complex. They are basically divided into the following groups (numbers correspond to the figures in Figures 1 and 2):

  1. simple vessel z. B. to Bauernwehr , Schaschka , or Dirk (picture 1)
  2. simple cross vessel z. B. on sword , Faschi knife , large knife (picture 1)
  3. complicated cross vessel z. B. on sword and rapier (picture 1)
  4. Bell jar z. B. on the sword (picture 1)
  5. simple knuckle-bow vessel z. B. on the saber (picture 2)
  6. Mesh basket vessel z. B. to Schiavona , Mortuary Sword (picture 2)

literature

  • Gerhard Seifert: Technical terms of edged weapons. 2007 Technical terms of edged weapons science (PDF file; 3.66 MB)
  • Michael Störmer: The armory: a compendium of medieval melee weapons. G&S Verlag GmbH, 1999, ISBN 9783925698460 , pp. 11-13 [1]
  • Friedrich Joseph Greven: Lectures on the most important branches of war science: held in Göttingen. Vandenhoeck u. Ruprecht, 1831, p. 562 [2]
  • Franz Müller: Hand-weapon theory or: all types of fire rifles in use now and bare weapons of the Imperial and Royal Austrian Army. Verlag Haase, 1844, pp. 162-164 [3]

Individual evidence

  1. Seifert: Specialized Weapons Knowledge , 2007
  2. Seifert: technical terms of edged weapons. 2007