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1 Pole Weapon List
2 missing weapon
3 Pole Arm Links
4 More pole arm links.

[edit] Pole Weapon List

Theblindsage 01:37, 21 February 2007 (UTC) Trident - Three pronged spear.

Military Fork - Military version of a pitch fork. Two tines, straightened.

Fauchard/War-Scythe: Scythe blade on a pole, perpendicular to the pole. Inner edge for slashing.

Glaive: 18" blade on 6-7 pole. (AKA Naginata) Used for slashing.

Guisarme: Pruning hook on a pole. Useful for dismounting horsemen.

Voulge: Meat cleaver on a pole. Used for chopping. Later developing a stabbing point.

Bardiche: Axe-like voulge. Shorter, with blade extending beyond 2' haft.

Lochaber Axe: Midway between Voulge and Bardiche, included a hook on far side for scaling walls.

Ranseur - Spear head with protrusions for blocking/trapping. Also used for dismounting.

Ox-Tounge - Wide and heavy spear head for slashing with.

Spetum - Spear head with forward slanted 'leaves' on the side for slashing.

Partisan - Ceremonial. Spetum + Ranseur.

[edit] missing weapon

There is a weapon similar to the Naginata but with blades on both ends, curved in opposite directions. anyone nkow what it is called?

I formatted the above edit better..

[edit] Pole Arm Links

As I'm researching this, thought it might be polite to include some sources. http://www.retromud.org/weapons/polearms.html (Frighteningly complete) http://www.shoshone.k12.id.us/medieval/handweap.htm http://www.salvatorfabris.com/SectionPolearms.shtml http://hea-www.harvard.edu/~fine/Fun/polearms.html http://www.knives.com/polearm.html http://www.retromud.org/weapons/ http://therionarms.com/armor/polearm10.jpg http://therionarms.com/old_armor_page.shtml http://www.myarmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=1403&start=20 http://www.preferredarms.com/Pole%20Arms.htm http://www.aurorahistoryboutique.com/ahb_poleArms.htm

Perhaps this article ought be organized into "European Pole-arms" and "Asian Pole-Arms". Traditional kung fu has a baffling variety of its own. http://www.wahlum.com/weapons.htm Japan has not only the naginata, but also the so-called 'monks's spade', and doubtless other undiscovered varieties.

Theblindsage (talk) 09:31, 18 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] More pole arm links.

Japanese pole-arms appear limited to the spear (Yari), and the Naginata. China seems to have a much richer tradition. Aside from the excessive variety of kung-fu weapons, the main pole-arm seems to be the pu-dao, or horsecutter, and closely resembles a falcion blade mounted on a pole about the same length of that of the poll-ax.

Rather too many types of pole-arms. http://medieval.ucdavis.edu/20C/Weapons.html