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Peter Dekker's Glossary
An online reference covering antique arms and armor, maintained and updated regularly.

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Alluva
Alluva
Sinhala for side plates on a sword.
Aoi-gata tsuba
Aoi-gata (葵形)
Japanese word for a sword guard shape. Literelly "hollyhock shape".
Asian Export Sword Guard
Asian export sword guards
Sword guards that were made across Asia, specifically with export in mind.
Sinhalese knuckle guard
Ath häde
Sinhala for "knuckle guard".
Knuckle guard
Ath väsma
Sinhala term given by Deraniyagala for "knuckle guard".
Saber guard logo
Dāo hūshǒu (刀護手)
Qing Chinese for "saber guard".
Hisayuki
Hisayuki (久隨)
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.
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Hūshǒu (護手)
Chinese for the handguard of a weapon.
Kankyuto
Kankyûtô (貫級刀/貫首刀)
Japanese word for a samurai tool.
Kiyou Toujin tsuba
Kiyou Toujin tsuba (崎陽唐人鐔)
Japanese style sword guards made by Chinese craftsmen in Nagasaki.
Kogai
Kōgai (笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.
Kozuka
Kozuka (小柄)
Japanese name of a small utility knife worn in sword and dagger scabbards.
tachi-mokko-gata
Tachi-mokkō-gata (太刀木瓜形)
Japanese term for a cross-shaped tsuba often used on tachi swords.
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Tsuba (鍔 / 鐔)
Japanese name for a sword guard.
Wari kogai
Wari-kōgai (割笄)
The Japanese term for a hair arranging needle that can be split to form a pair of chopsticks.

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