• early modern period, western sword design diverged into two forms, the thrusting swords and the sabres. Thrusting swords such as the rapier and eventually...
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    Foster-Miller TALON (redirect from SWORDS)
    devices; lighter due to the absence of the arm, for reconnaissance missions. SWORDS TALON: For small arms combat and guard roles. Evaluated in December 2003...
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  • Age European swords Harpe: mentioned almost exclusively in Greek mythology Iron Age European swords Falcata: one-handed single-edged sword – blade 48–60 cm...
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    A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...
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    (1822); "one-handed sword" is somewhat later, recorded from c. 1850. Some swords were designed for left-hand use, although left-handed swords have been described...
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    [clarification needed] Some tried to swallow longer swords, many swords, hot swords, bayonets or glowing neon tubes. Sword swallowers appeared on the same bill as...
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  • up sword in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A sword is a cutting and/or thrusting weapon. Sword, Swords, or The Sword may also refer to: Swords, Dublin...
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  • Series Swords of Iron (book), a 1956 novel by Joyce Reason Iron Sword Sect, a fictional martial arts organization in wuxia fiction "Iron Sword" Tian Qi...
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    town was reputedly founded c. AD 560. Located on the Ward River, Swords features Swords Castle, a restored medieval castle, a holy well from which it takes...
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  • Swords Series is a series of science fiction/fantasy novels written by Fred Saberhagen from 1983 to 1995. The story revolves around the Twelve Swords...
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    centuries), late forms of these swords continued to be used, but often as a sidearm, at that point called "arming swords" and contrasting with the two-handed...
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  • Lists of swords: List of historical swords List of Japanese swords List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords) List of Wazamono List of mythological...
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  • swords may refer to: Crossed Swords (1954 film), an Italian film "Crossed Swords", an episode of the British sitcom Steptoe and Son "Crossed Swords"...
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  • multiplayer-only game titled Four Swords, which serves as the 9th installment in The Legend of Zelda series. A stand-alone port of Four Swords was released for a limited...
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  • writer and producer, created all four videos for the Liquid Swords album ("Liquid Swords", "Cold World", "Shadowboxin'/4th Chamber", and "I Gotcha Back")...
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    Katana (redirect from Samurai sword)
    The production of swords in Japan is divided into specific time periods: Jōkotō (ancient swords, until around 900) Kotō (old swords from around 900–1596)...
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  • "Tormenta de espadas II" ("Storm of Swords I", "Storm of Swords II"). Swedish: Forum: "Svärdets makt" ("The Might of the Sword") Turkish: Two volumes, Epsilon...
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    The Ulfberht swords are a group of about 170 medieval swords found primarily in Northern Europe, dated to the 9th to 11th centuries, with blades inlaid...
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  • Steel sword or sword of steel is a sword made from steel, an iron alloy. It may also refer to: Swords of Steel (book), a 1933 novel by Elsie Singmaster...
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  • Trackers) is a game only present in the Japanese version of Four Swords Adventures (Four Swords +). Multiple players use a combination of the television screen...
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    Look up swords to ploughshares in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Swords to ploughshares (or plowshares) is a concept in which military weapons or technologies...
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  • of Swords". Goodreads. "The Book of Swords by George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Garth Nix". PenguinRandomHouse.com. "The Book of Swords: Fitz...
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    African nimcha, and the Turkish kilij. All such swords are originally derived from earlier curved swords developed in Turkic Central Asia (Turkestan). The...
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  • also gives each of them a special sword he forged. The seven of them call themselves "Seven Swords". The Seven Swords return to Martial Village in the...
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  • ceremonial swords were typically reserved for the officer corps as a symbol of authority with which to command the troops. Ceremonial swords are still...
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  • means a large sword. Egerton Castle used the term to refer to swords that were a transition from the rapier to the smallsword. These swords did not necessarily...
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    limited to stray finds in riverbeds. Swords of the 8th to 10th centuries are also termed "Carolingian swords", while swords of the late Viking Age and the beginning...
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    of Swords Two of Swords Three of Swords Four of Swords Five of Swords Six of Swords Seven of Swords Eight of Swords Nine of Swords Ten of Swords Page...
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    development of the quillons added to swords' crossguards since the Late Middle Ages. In modern times, this variety of sword is also sometimes referred to as...
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    "Crossing Swords: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. "Crossing Swords: Season 2 - TV Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2023-05-23. "Crossing Swords". Metacritic...
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