Page:A record of European armour and arms through seven centuries (Volume 3).djvu/75



French, about 1430-50 Metropolitan Museum of New York

French, about 1430-50. Multi-*sectioned blade. Metropolitan Museum of New York

The roughest types, which are of course more commonly met with, would appear to have been used by the poorer classes as a sort of combination of domestic knife and of offensive weapon. As originally made, they must have sold at quite a cheap price; for, beyond a blade usually back-edged and occasionally curved, their metal parts consist only in the simple plate that divides the grip from the blade, which can hardly be called a quillon,