These late medieval thrusting weapons are sometimes classed by the shape of their hilt as either roundel, bollock or ear daggers.

The grip plaques are typically made from bone, ivory, horn or silver, and spread out in two ' wings ' or ' ears ' to either side at the pommel ( a feature which prevents the hilt slipping out of the hand when used to cut ).

It featured a large, open hilt with a cross-shaped cross-guard and a heavy blade, either uncurved at all or curved only slightly.

What made Oakeshott's typology unique was that he was one of the first people either within or outside of Academia to seriously and systematically consider the shape and function of the blades of European Medieval swords as well as the hilt, which had been the primary criteria of previous scholars.

Having learned that he is undone, he rose quickly to pull Odin from the fire, but the sword which he had lain upon his knee slipped, fell hilt down, the king stumbled and impaled himself upon it.

The machete differs from the falchion mainly in the lack of a guard and a simpler hilt, though some machetes do have a guard for greater protection of hands during work.

In late medieval and Renaissance era European swords, a flap of leather called the chappe or rain guard was attached to a sword's crossguard at the base of the hilt, which serves to protect the mouth of the scabbard and prevent water from entering.

An authentic tachi that was manufactured in the correct time period averaged 70 – 80 centimeters in cutting edge length ( nagasa ) and compared to a katana was generally lighter in weight in proportion to its length, had a greater taper from hilt to point, was more curved with a smaller point area.

Using spring-loaded devices that differ from bayonet to bayonet, the hilt is locked in place on the bayonet lug.

The sword has a two-edged steel blade, 29 inches long, with a hardwood hilt, 9 inches long, which tapers from the guard to the pommel.

Both were wounded, Sheridan dangerously, being ' borne from the field with a portion of his antagonist's weapon sticking through an ear, his breast-bone touched, his whole body covered with wounds and blood, and his face nearly beaten to jelly with the hilt of Mathews ' sword '.

A guard or hilt protects the hand from an opposing blade.

One measure of the proper length of the sword should be from the hilt in your hand and the tip of the blade at the brow and in some schools, the height of shoulder.

Even old imported European blades were used, especially by the Maratha Empire, and were riveted to projections from the hilt.

The hilt was normally made from bronze as well.

The etymological dictionary of Corominas says the origin is uncertain, but it suggests that it comes from the Vulgar Latin cappula, plural of cappulum, sword hilt.

Per fess Sable and Gules on a Fess wavy Argent between in chief a Coronet Or between two Roses Argent barbed and seeded proper and in base two Fleurs de Lis Or a Bar wavy Azure and for a Crest on a Wreath Or and Gules rising from Flames proper a demi-Eagle Azure Goutté d ' Or armed also Gold holding in the beak a Sword point downwards proper hilt and pommel Or.

Forged from steel ( called " bright-metal " by elves, whose metalwork knowledge is limited ), its hilt comes apart to reveal a hidden key.

For example, a kris may have a blade from Java, a hilt from Bali and a sheath from Madura.

The kris handle or hilt ( hulu keris ) is the object of art, often carved in meticulous details and made from various materials ; precious rare types of wood to gold or ivory.

Examples of hilt designs include Tunggak Semi Putri Kinurung hilt from Surakarta, Batara Guru and Pulasir hilt from Madura, Punukan hilt from Palembang, Ratmaja from Bali, Pulungan hilt from Cirebon, and a seabird-like hilt from Lampung and Sulawesi.

Flange-hilted swords had organic inlays in the hilt.

* A tang in the centerline of the blade, inserted into an organic hilt ( wood, horn )

" When King Alcinous orders him to make amends, he gives Odysseus a bronze sword with a silver hilt and an ivory sheath.

The Ardnamurchan Viking was found buried with an axe, a sword with a decorated hilt, a spear, a shield boss and a bronze ring pin.

The Mark I featured a full-tang design with a double-edged blade and a heavy bronze hilt incorporating a guard ostensibly shaped as a knuckle duster, though the latter was intended to protect the fingers and prevent the knife from being knocked from the hand while in combat rather than for use as a weapon.

He had a new hilt, grip and scabbard in gilt bronze made for this sword appropriate to its new use as the Norwegian Sword of the Realm.

The swords show holes where rivets or studs held the wooden hilt in place ( studs were usually made of bronze except for commanders who had silver-studded swords or for a commander-in-chief who had a gold-studded sword ).

On the obverse side of the hilt, the pommel bears a large stylized letter T on top of a letter C or G ( the latter could be just a decorative element of the letter T ) between the Greek letters Α and ω ( alpha and omega ) surmounted with little crosses.

There was a smith to forge the rough shape, often a second smith ( apprentice ) to fold the metal, a specialist polisher ( called a togi ) as well as the various artisans that made the koshirae ( the various fittings used to decorate the finished blade and saya ( sheath ) including the tsuka ( hilt ), fuchi ( collar ), kashira ( pommel ), and tsuba ( hand guard )).

Modern, less traditional, replicas often feature a threaded pommel or a pommel nut which holds the hilt together and allows dismantling.

Small swords with this type of guard normally included other features of the older rapier hilt, including quillons, ricasso, knuckle-bow, and a pas d ' âne, although these were often atrophied beyond the point of usefulness, serving mainly as a decorative element.

Fittingly, then, the smaller robots were often armed to the hilt with weaponry.

South Indian blades are often made broad at the hilt and taper in straight lines to the point, and elaborately ribbed by grooves parallel to the edges.

A cutlass is a short, broad sabre or slashing sword, with a straight or slightly curved blade sharpened on the cutting edge, and a hilt often featuring a solid cupped or basket shaped guard.

The dussack often lacked a hilt.

Because of its distinctive appearance, even those who are not familiar with Entreri ( but who are familiar with tales of him ) or who have not seen him in a long time, often realize who he is by seeing the distinctive hilt of that dagger.

The cross guard will often have a knuckle guard which starts beneath the quillions and runs to the bottom of the pommel ; on the opposite side of the hilt this path is normally continued into a 3rd quillion.

The hilt was often decorated with silver inlay.

The hilt is typically hook-shaped, the end often stylized in the shape of a horse or a bird.

There is often a thin chain connecting the tip of the hilt with the upper section.

By the late 16th century, specialized hilt forms begin to emerge, often with pommels shaped as a lion's head, or plated with silver.

The hilt ( tsuka ) often had a slightly stronger curvature than the blade, continuing the classic tachi increase in curvature as you go from the tip to the hilt.