List of mêlée weapons
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This is a list of mêlée weapons. It includes modern and historical but not fantasy or role-playing game weapons (though some of the latter have probably slipped in by accident.)
[edit] Bashing weapons (non-chain and non-glove)
- Some varieties of Boomerang (not all are ranged)
- Chúi
- Club
- Eku
- Gun (staff) (not the projectile weapon)
- Hanbō
- Jō
- Jitte
- Kubotan
- La canne
- Lathi
- Mace
- Morning star
- Otta
- Shareeravadi
- Staff
- Shillelagh
- Taiaha
- Tambo
- Tewhatewha
- Tonfa
- Waddy
- War hammer
- Bec de Corbin (also slashing)
- Horseman's pick (also slashing)
- Maul
- Whip (technically)
- Yawara
[edit] Chain weapons (most but not all bashing)
- Chain whip (could also be under whips)
- Chigiriki
- Flail
- Kusari-fundo
- Kusari-gama
- Manriki-gusari
- Meteor Hammer
- Morning star
- Nunchaku
- Shoge
- Slungshot (not to be confused with a slingshot, which is ranged)
- Surujin
[edit] Spears (selection only, see Spears)
[edit] Pole weapons other than spears and axes
- Bill
- Bisento
- Bō
- Brandistock
- Chacing staff
- Chicken Sickles (a class of weapon; also includes one type of sword)
- Falx
- Fauchard
- Gandasa
- Glaive
- Guisarme
- Guan dao
- Kama
- Lucerne hammer
- Man catcher
- Monk's Spade
- Naginata
- Ngaw
- Poleaxe
- Scythe
- Sickle
- Voulge
[edit] Knives (selection only; see Category: Knives)
- Bayonet
- Balisong (knife)
- Bowie knife
- Cinquedea
- Combat knife
- Dagger
- Dirk
- Kard
- Kerambit
- Kris
- Kodachi (arguably a very short sword)
- Kukri
- Kunai (arguably an improvised weapon)
- Machete
- Phurba
- Rondel
- Scramasax
- Stiletto
- Switchblade
- Sword breaker
- Tantō
- Trench knife
[edit] Swords and fencing (selection only; see List of swords)
[edit] Axes
- Battle axe
- Dagger-axe (AKA ko) (hard to classify)
- Danish axe
- Doloire
- Francisca
- Labrys (AKA double axe)
- Lochaber axe
- Long-bearded axe
- Masakari
- Nzappa zap
- Ono
- Sagaris
- Tabar Zin
- Tomahawk
- Valaška
[edit] Glove Weapons
[edit] Improvised weapons
- Aruval (a sword-like implement for slicing coconuts}
- Baseball Bat
- Chainsaw
- Crowbar
- Hammer
- Mattock
- Millwall brick
- Pitchfork
- Tire iron
- Trolley pole
[edit] Miscellaneous (mostly non-sword non-knife bladed weapons)
- Deer Horn Knives (not actual knives)
- Macana (a catch-all for several weapons)
- Mere
- Shobo
- Tessen
- Wind and fire wheels (the name isn't literal)
