Handle base

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open handle on a Japanese tsuka

In the knowledge of edged weapons , the handle base is the lower end of an edged weapon handle . So the side of the handle that faces the blade.

As with the Japanese tsuka , the handle base can have reinforcing rings and end plates. Similar reinforcements are also known as ferrules .

See also

literature

  • Gerhard Seifert: Technical dictionary of edged weapons. German ABC of European defensive weapons. Self-published, Haiger 1981. (also as a series in the Deutsches Waffen-Journal (DWJ) from November 1978 to October 1980).

Web links

Commons : Sword grips  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Gerhard Seifert: Technical Terms of Edged Weapons ( Memento from January 13, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 2007 edition (online PDF 2.0 MB).
  2. ^ Edged weapons terms: definition of nomenclature ( Memento of October 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ).