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single-edged sword

Single-edged swords are a class of swords with one cutting edge, such as: • Illustration — French Navy officer sabre • Ada • Akrafena • Alamang • Amanremu • Aruval • Ayudha katti • Backsword • Balato • Bangkung • Banyal • Barog • Batangas • Bicuco • Bolo knife • Cimpaba • Cutlass • Dahong palay • Dao (Chinese sword) • Butterfly sword • Changdao • Liuyedao • Miaodao • Nandao • Niuweidao • Piandao • Wodao • Yanmaodao • Zhanmadao • Dao (Naga sword) • Dha • Falcata • Falchion • Falx • Flyssa • Gari • Gayang • Golok • Hengdang • Hook sword • Hunting sword • Hwandudaedo • Katana • Kabeala • Kampilan • Kastane • Khopesh • Kirpan • Klewang • Kopis • Kukri • Lahot • Langgai Tinggang • Laring • Luwuk • Makhaira • Mandau • Messer • Moplah sword • Ninjatō • Ngulu • Niabor • Panabas • Pandat • Paramerion • Parang • Parang Nabur • Patag • Pichangatti • Pinutí • Pirah • Ram-dao • Rhomphaia • Sabre • Dusack • Karabela • Shashka • Swiss sabre • Szabla • Turko-Mongol sabre • Scimitar • Arab sword • Kilij • Mameluke sword • Nimcha • Pulwar • Shamshir • Talwar • Scythe sword • Seax • Sikin Panjang • Sorocaban knife • Surik • Susuwat • Tō (Japanese sword) • Chokutō • Guntō • Kaiken • Katana • Kodachi • Nagamaki • Ninjatō • Ōdachi • Shikomizue • Tachi • Tantō • Wakizashi • Yoroi-dōshi • Utak • Yatagan

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single-edged sword

The sword Szczecin I has a short and massive hilt, boat-shaped curved downwards, with a border visible on the sides. The head is triangular. Both the hilt and the head have traces of brass (an alloy of copper and zinc) decoration in the so-called taupe technique, a type of inlay consisting in placing metal applications on the surface of an object made of another metal. Due to the construction of t

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Single-edged swords are a class of swords with one cutting edge, such as: • Illustration — French Navy officer sabre • Ada • Akrafena • Alamang • Amanremu • Aruval • Ayudha katti • Backsword • Balato • Bangkung • Banyal • Barog • Batangas • Bicuco • Bolo knife • Cimpaba • Cutlass • Dahong palay • Dao (Chinese sword) • Butterfly sword • Changdao • Liuyedao • Miaodao • Nandao • Niuweidao • Piandao • Wodao • Yanmaodao • Zhanmadao • Dao (Naga sword) • Dha • Falcata • Falchion • Falx • Flyssa • Gari • Gayang • Golok • Hengdang • Hook sword • Hunting sword • Hwandudaedo • Katana • Kabeala • Kampilan • Kastane • Khopesh • Kirpan • Klewang • Kopis • Kukri • Lahot • Langgai Tinggang • Laring • Luwuk • Makhaira • Mandau • Messer • Moplah sword • Ninjatō • Ngulu • Niabor • Panabas • Pandat • Paramerion • Parang • Parang Nabur • Patag • Pichangatti • Pinutí • Pirah • Ram-dao • Rhomphaia • Sabre • Dusack • Karabela • Shashka • Swiss sabre • Szabla • Turko-Mongol sabre • Scimitar • Arab sword • Kilij • Mameluke sword • Nimcha • Pulwar • Shamshir • Talwar • Scythe sword • Seax • Sikin Panjang • Sorocaban knife • Surik • Susuwat • Tō (Japanese sword) • Chokutō • Guntō • Kaiken • Katana • Kodachi • Nagamaki • Ninjatō • Ōdachi • Shikomizue • Tachi • Tantō • Wakizashi • Yoroi-dōshi • Utak • Yatagan

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