Terminology
- Sword
- saif- a sword
- Daito-Japanese for longsword
- Dao- Chinese for a sabre
- Jian- Chinese for a straightsword
- Ken- Japanese for a straightsword
- Golok (a catch-all for several types of sword and knife)
- Blade
- serrated blade
- ricasso- Dull edge, blade section
- Forte- Strong blade section
- Foible- Weak blade section
- Fuller - blood groove, reduce weight
- Fluke- spike/pick mounted on back of an axehead
- Peen - hammer head
- Hilt- sword handle
- quillon-cross guard
- Tsuba- plate style guard
- Habaki-Japan style rain guard
- Scabbard-Sheath, sword case
- Shirasaya -Japan name
- Etching
- Engraving
- Scrimshaw
- Horimono-Japan style
- Engraving
- Equipment style
- Daisho-samurai, long & short
- Jintachi- Mounting
Read more about this topic: List Of Traditional Armaments