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Types of swords

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This is a list of types of swords.

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The term sword used here is a narrow definition. This is not a general list of bladed weapons and does not include the machete or similar "sword-like" weapons.

North African swords

  • Flyssa (19th century Algeria)
  • Kaskara (19th century Sudan)
  • Khopesh (Egyptian)
  • Mameluke sword (18th to 19th century Egyptian)
  • Nimcha (18th century Morocco)
  • Takoba (Tuareg sword)

    • Sub-Saharan African Swords

  • Billao (Somalian)
  • Ida (Sword) (West African/Ivory Coast)
  • Shotel (Ethiopian scimitar)

    • East Asian swords

    China
  • Jian (劍 pinyin jiàn)
  • Baguajian (八卦劍)
  • Dao (刀 pinyin dāo) "sabre"
  • Baguadao (八卦刀)
  • Butterfly sword (蝴蝶雙刀)
  • Changdao (長刀)
  • Chinese War Sword
  • Dadao (大刀)
  • Errenduo (二人奪)
  • Hudieshuangdao (蝴蝶雙刀)
  • Kaishandao (開山刀)
  • Liuyedao (柳針刀)
  • Mazhadao (麻扎刀)
  • Piandao (片刀)
  • Taijidao (太極刀)
  • Taijijian (太極劍)
  • Miao dao (苗刀)
  • Nandao (南刀)
  • Wodao (倭刀)
  • Xuehuadao (雪花刀)
  • Yanmaodao (雁翎刀)
  • Yutoudao (魚頭刀)
  • Zhanmadao (斬馬刀)
  • Hook sword (鉤)
    • Japan
  • Nihonto (日本刀)
  • Aiki Islamic Sword (者日 日本と)
  • Bokken (木剣)
  • Chisakatana
  • Chokutō (直刀)
  • Hachiwara（鉢割）
  • Iaitō (居合刀)
  • Jintachi
  • Katana (刀; かたな)
  • Kodachi (小太刀)
  • Nagamaki (長巻)
  • Ninjato (忍者と)
  • Nodachi (野太刀)
  • Ōdachi (大太刀)
  • Ōkatana
  • Shinai (竹刀)
  • Shinken (真剣)
  • Shikomizue
  • Tachi (太刀; たち)
  • Tsurugi
  • Wakizashi (脇差; わきざし)
  • Dōtanuki
  • Uchigatana
    • Korea
  • Hwandudaedo (환두대도; 环首大刀)
  • Saingeom (사인검)
  • Jedokgum (제독검)
  • Ssangeom (쌍도; 双刀; 쌍검: 双剣)

    • Southeast Asian swords

    Swords and knives found in Southeast Asia are influenced by Indian, Far Eastern (Chinese) as well as Near Eastern (Muslim) and European (Spanish) forms.

    Indonesia/Malaysia
  • Golok
  • Luwuk (sword)
  • Karambit
  • Klewang
  • Kris
  • Parang
    • Myanmar
  • Dha
    • Philippines
  • Balisword
  • Bolo
  • Buntot Pagi
  • Dahong Palay
  • Kalis
  • Kampilan
  • Panabas
  • Pinuti
    • Thailand
  • Daab (ดาบ)
  • Krabi

    • South Asian Swords

    Bhutan
  • Patag
    • India
  • Asi
  • Bichuwa
  • Firangi
  • Gupti
  • Hengdang
  • Talwar
  • Katar
  • Kayamkulam vaal
  • Khanda
  • Kirpan
  • Malappuram Kathi
  • Moplah
  • Naga Dao
  • Pata
  • Rampuri
  • Urumi
    • Nepal
  • Kukri
    • Sri Lanka
  • Kastane

    • West & Central Asian swords

  • Iron Age sword
  • Acinaces (Persian short sword)

    • All of the Islamic world during the 16th to 18th century, including the Ottoman Empire and Persia were influenced by the saif or "scimitar" type of single-edged curved sword. Via the Mameluke sword this also gave rise to the European cavalry sabre.

    Terms for the "scimitar" curved sword:

  • Talwar (Indo-Pakistani)
  • Pulwar (Afghanistan)
  • Shamshir (Persia)
  • Kilij (Turkish)

    • European swords

  • Iron Age sword
  • Xiphos (Greek term for the Iron Age sword)
  • Makhaira (Ancient Greek sabre)
  • Falcata/Kopis (swords with forward-curving blade)
  • Celtic sword
  • Harpe (Greek mythology)

    • HISTORY

  • Gladius
  • Spatha
  • Migration period sword

    • Post-Classical history

  • Viking sword (early medieval spatha)
  • Paramerion (Eastern Roman Byzantine sword)
  • Khmali sword (Early medieval Georgian sword)
  • Arming sword (high medieval knightly sword)
  • Longsword (late medieval)
  • Estoc (thrust-oriented)
  • Two-handed claymore (late medieval Scottish)
  • Curtana (a medieval term for a ceremonial sword)
  • Sabina (a small sword used in daily life)

    • 16th and 17th centuries

  • Espada ropera/spada da lato (early 16th century)
  • Zweihänder (16th-century German)
  • Flamberge (properly called Flammard)
  • Basket-hilted swords
  • Broadsword (16th-century English)
  • Schiavona (Italian basket-hilted sword)
  • Mortuary sword (17th-century cavalry basket-hilted sword)
  • Basket-hilted sword (17th to 18th-century Scottish)
  • Backsword (as a term for a specific weapon type, this refers to the swords of 16th to 17th-century English cavalry)
  • Katzbalger (16th-century German short sword)
  • Cinquedea/Anelace (Italian short sword)
  • Executioner's sword (16th-century swords designed for executions, especially in Germany)
  • Rapier (17th century development of the Spanish type)
  • Swiss sword (16th and 17th centuries)
  • Cutlass (Caribbean)
  • Hanger (Longer version of Cutlass)

    • 18th and 19th centuries

  • Smallsword (18th century)
  • Colichemarde
  • Bilbo
  • Scottish Officer's Dirk
  • Sgian-dubh
  • Spadroon
  • Sabre (adopted in 18th century cavalry)
  • Karabela
  • Szabla
  • Shashka
  • Pistol sword (19th century novelty item)
  • Hunting sword
  • Modern fencing (sport equipment)
  • Épée
  • Foil (fencing)
  • U.S. regulation swords (sabres, and in some instances fascine knives shaped like short swords)

    • References

    Types of swords Wikipedia
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