Typically they made up of three parts and include an iron blade, a carved wooden or metal hilt and a leather ... have very large pommels with large knobs to give the swords balance.

Hundreds of killer Japanese Samurai may have been secret Christians who expressed their faith with codes hidden in their sword hilts, researchers have found. The deadly warriors were banned from ...

Pommels come from the French word pomel, which means “knob”, or “hilt of a sword.” It traces back to the Latin word pōmum, meaning apple or fruit, the same root in the word pomegranate.

After grinding, heat-treating, and polishing the blades, the Stagmer brothers sent them to Tim Baker for putting on the hilts, pommels and hand guards. The first sword they worked on is Sephiroth ...