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| | Hilt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | The hilt of a sword is its handle, consisting of a guard, grip and pommel. |
 | | Whatever material covered the grip, it was usually both glued on and held on with wire wrapped around it in a spiral. |
 | | In full armored battle, however, the grip was often only used with one hand (even on two-handed swords), and the blade was gripped partway up, thus allowing the fighter to thrust the blade horizontally, with both hands, into the opponent. |
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