A flamberge

A flamberge is a sword (typically a rapier, though there were longswords as well) which, although beautiful to look at, doesn't serve any known purpose beyond that. The name isn't entirely correct as it is a modern term for the form, and as such it is more properly called a "flambard" or "flammard". Download high resolution version (382x1024, 234 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (382x1024, 234 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century Sword (from Old English sweord, cognate to Old High German swert, literally wounding tool from a Proto-Indo-European root *swer- to wound, to hurt) is a term for a long-edged, bladed weapon, consisting in its most fundamental design of a blade, usually... Rapier may also refer to the Rapier missile, a British short-range Surface-to-air missile A rapier is a relatively slender, sharply pointed sword, used mainly for thrusting attacks, developed in Europe around the 16th century. ... Swiss longsword, 15th or early 16th century (Morges museum) The late medieval longsword, also referred to as bastard-sword or hand-and-a-half sword, is a type of straight-bladed European sword. ...

Flamberge

Also, a Flamberge is a large Zweihänder, a two-handed sword most commonly known from the Landsknechts of the 16th century and it, too, has a wavy blade. However its purpose was mostly for knocking away enemy pike- and spearheads (cutting of the heads is very hard as most had langets, strips of steel to protect them from just that) and chopping up the enemy hiding behind it, unlike the rapier which were more often used for personal combat than the battlefield. There is an area between the hilt and blade called the ricasso which can be used as a prolonged grip, which sometimes were wired with leather and had small protruding hooks called Parierhaken, meaning, literally: hooks for warding of a blow. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 422 KB) Description: Dresden, Zwinger-Museum. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 422 KB) Description: Dresden, Zwinger-Museum. ... 16th century zweihanders, image (c) John Clements. ... Landsknechts (German, Land land, country + Knecht servant: i. ... A modern recreation of a company of pikemen. ... Hunting spear and knife, from Mesa Verde National Park. ... A ricasso is a common component of many larger Western swords. ...

Flamberge was also the name of a sword borne by Charlemagne and Renaud de Montauban. It was forged by the smith Galas, and was one of nine blades shattered by Olivier's sword, Hauteclere. Charlemagne (742 or 747 – 28 January 814) (also Charles the Great[1]; from Latin, Carolus Magnus or Karolus Magnus), son of King Pippin the Short and Bertrada of Laon, was the king of the Franks from 768 to 814 and king of the Lombards from 774 to 814. ... Renaud de Montauban, also known as Rinaldo di Montalbano, was a fictional hero who was introduced to literature in a twelfth century Old French chanson de geste. ... In the Matter of France, especially the French epic The Song of Roland, Olivier was the title characters closest friend, advisor, and confidant. ... thaulatckew(or Halteclere) is the sword of Olivier, a character in the French epic, The Song of Roland. Categories: | | | | ...

In the MMORPG Guild Wars, a flamberge is featured as a reasonably good sword. However, it does not sport the wavy design that flamberges generally carry in real life. Players interacting in Ultima Online. ...

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• Illustration of a flambard