Morrowind Rebirth:Sword Components

Book Information Sword Components
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Found in the following locations: Balmora, Meldor: Armorer Caldera, Irgola: Pawnbroker Ebonheart, Hawkmoth Legion Garrison Sadrith Mora, Wolverine Hall: Fighter's Guild

Sword Components

A book about components of a sword

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Sword Components

Blade - The length of steel that forms the sword.

Back - The part of the blade opposite the edge. A double-edged sword has no back.

Cross - The typically straight bar or "guard" of a sword, also called a "cross-guard". A term for the straight or curved cross-guard is the quillons.

Edge - This is the sharpened portion of the blade. A sword may be single or double-edged.

Sword Components

Hilt - The lower portion of a sword consisting of the cross-guard, handle/grip, and pommel.

Quillions - A term for the two cross-guards (forward and back) whether straight or curved. The cross guard may be called simply the "cross", or just the "guard".

Forte - The lower portion on a sword blade which has more control and strength and which does most of the parrying.

Sword Components

Foible - The upper portion on a sword blade which is weaker but has more agility and speed and which does most of the attacking.

Fuller - A shallow central-groove or channel on a blade which lightens it as well as improves strength and flex. A sword might have one, none, or several fullers running a portion of its length, on either one or both sides. Narrow deep fullers are also sometimes referred to as flukes.

Sword Components

Grip - The handle of a sword, usually made of leather, wire, wood, bone, horn, or ivory.

Lower end - the tip portion of a sword.

Pommel - The counter-weight which secures the hilt to the blade and allows the hand to either rest on it or grip it.

Ricasso - The dull portion of a blade just above the hilt. It is intended for wrapping the index finger around to give greater tip control. Not all sword forms have a ricasso.

Sword Components

Shoulder - The corner portion of a sword separating the blade from the tang.

Tang - The un-edged hidden portion or of a blade running through the handle and to which the pommel is attached.

Upper end - The hilt portion of a sword

Tip - The end of the sword furthest away from the hilt. Most swords taper to a point at the tip, but some blade lines are straight until the very tip.

Sword Components

Welded tang -- A tang where the steel of the blade has had another piece of steel welded on to it as an extension.

Wheel -- A pommel that is in the shape of a flat disc. It may have added features, such as beveled edges, or raised center sections.

Wire-wrap -- Spun and twisted metal wire, which is then wrapped around the sword grip, often used to increase the ability to grip a sword's handle.