Swords

thumb|upright=0.55|Swiss longsword, 15th or 16th century

thumb|An elaborate Celts|Celtic scabbard in two colours of bronze, thumb|A 1916 leather scabbard for a saddle Winchester Model 1873|lever-action rifle of Jack Peters, a ranch hand who worked on the Grant-Kohrs Ranch in [[Powell County, Montana]] A scabbard is a sheath for holding a sword, dagger, knife, or similar edged weapons. Rifles and other long guns may also be stored in scabbards by horse riders for transportation. Military cavalry and cowboys had scabbards for their saddle ring carbines and rifles for transportation and protection. Scabbards have been made of many materials over the m

thumb|Silver pattern welding|pattern welded [[rapier guard, from between 1580 and 1600, with reproduction blade]] The hilt (rarely called a haft or shaft) is the handle of a knife, dagger, sword, or bayonet, consisting of a guard, grip, and pommel. The guard may contain a crossguard or quillons. A tassel or sword knot may be attached to the guard or pommel.

thumb|Closeup of a sword, with a box highlighting the crossguard area|400px|right A sword's crossguard or cross-guard is a bar between the blade and hilt, essentially perpendicular to them, intended to protect the wielder's hand and fingers from opponents' weapons as well as from their own blade. Each of the individual bars on either side is known as a quillon or quillion.

thumb|A modern hand-and-a-half sword with a short ricasso A ricasso is an unsharpened length of blade just above the guard or handle on a knife, dagger, sword, or bayonet. Blades designed this way appear at many periods in history in many parts of the world and date back to at least the Bronze Age—essentially, as long as humans have shaped cutting tools from metals.

proverb found in Matthew 26:52

propaganda tool used by Mussolini in Libya

Pichangatti is a broad-bladed knife of the Kodavas of Karnataka, India. The characteristic of the pichangatti is its silver hilt with bulbous-shaped pommel in the shape of a parrot's head. The pichangatti features in the traditional male dress of the Kodavas.This is a weapon used only by kodavas

type of broad bladed weapon

Khadga is a traditional sacrificial sword used in the Hindu ritual sacrifice of animals. The large, curved blade is designed to decapitate a sacrificial animal in a single stroke. Khadgas are used in a hacking swing, with the added weight on the curved end being intended for decapitations. The sword's hilt and blade were often adorned with precious stones and metals.

sword symbolizing the power of a monarch

verse in the Gospel of Matthew: “Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to send peace, but a sword.” (Mt 10:34)