Sword staff

A Swedish militiaman (left) fights a German mercenary with a sword stick (around 1502)

The sword bar (also sword stake or dagger rod) is a medieval polearm from Europe.

description

A sword stick is a sword or dagger blade that is attached to the end of a wooden stick. This gives the weapon the power of a sword with the reach of a polearm. In this way, opponents can be fought equally well on foot and on horseback.

In Scandinavia , the sword staff (Svärdstav) enjoyed particular popularity among militias , especially in Denmark and Sweden .

Web links

• Meyer's Large Conversation Lexicon at zeno.org - sword staff

literature

• Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon , Volume 18. Leipzig 1909, p. 209.