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'Swordbreaker' parrying dagger for catching and binding enemy swords, Italy, ~1600 AD (media.kbin.social)
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[–] teft@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

These are used all the way up to broadswords. You use them to entangle and then wrench the blade away from your opponent. A lot of times they’re used with a cudgel in the other hand, not a sword.