A sword estas a hand-held weapon made por cutting. Ĝi estas often made of metal. Ĝi has a long blade, kaj a handle called a hilt. Often estas some form de hand protection, such as a cross-guard or a basket. It can be used either por cutting, slashing aŭ stabbing, depending on la type de sword.Swords were first created from bronze de blacksmiths en Ancient Egypt en 1150 BCE. Soon other cultures adopted them, kaj they began to spread quite quickly. Before guns estis invented, swords estis much more common as a weapon. After la invention de la gun, swords remained as sidearms, as secondary weapons used en man-to-man fight once la battle lines had contacted after shooting. Since after la American Civil War, swords have ne estis used as much de armies, except as a ceremonial part de uniforms. Some guns, however, have bayonets to perform la same function.Today, Sport fencing, estas an Olympic games sport which uses very light swords as a strict scoring system. Western Martial Arts use swords, ke estas much closer to the original blades, such as longswords, rapiers kaj sabres. La blades used estas blunt, but they estas much heavier than a sport fencing sword, which means, ke la fencers need much more armour. Likewise, la Japanese sport kendo estas swordplay en armour with two-handed bamboo swords called shinai.
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