All that’s known is that they are Medieval in origin ... the sword’s design is similar to “hand-and-a-half” weapons that were popular in Western Europe during the Late Middle Ages ...

Found in a Longobard necropolis, the skeleton of this medieval Italian warrior dates ... a prosthetic knife to the stump of his amputated hand. Ileana Micarelli et al.The skeleton with the knife ...

Amateur detectorists found a cache of medieval weaponry near the village of Wielka Tymawa in Poland. They discovered a two-handed sword, or rather a hand-and-a-half sword, and two axe heads from ...

Armored MMA combines MMA's rules and hand-to-hand combat format with the weapons and plated armor of medieval knights. Each match comprises three rounds, two minutes each, fought with shields ...