List of traditional armaments
Knuckle duster/KAPOW ! Martial use Region of association Era of association
Brass knuckles /Knuckle duster Civilian ? era ?
Cestus ( leather wrap ) Sport Rome Antiquity
Muai Cad Chuke ( Cord wrap ) Martial art Thailand Traditional
Tekko /Abumi Improvised ? era ?
Tekagi-shuko/Neko-te MA/Ninja Japan Traditional
Yawara Martial art/Civilian Japan Traditional
Kubotan /keychain Civilian ? Modern
Shobo MA/Ninja Japan Traditional
Suntetsu martial art Japan era ?
Vajra Mushti martial art India Traditional
Yubi-bo MA/Ninja Japan Traditional
Millwall brick Improvised England Modern
Loaded fists -- Blunt , more or less
Brass knuckles
This list of traditional armaments tries to include all traditional armaments. Essentially anything that is wieldable, excluding modern (post American civil war) firearms. It lists everything by typology in easy-to-reference tables for your searching convenience. This catalog does not however presume to list every dialectal variant for the word spear, sword, etc. It only attempts to provide a broad range of designs or unique characteristics of various arms of historical or regional significance, i.e. items that stand out from the standard norm. This catalog may include some modern examples but it tries to lean towards weapons of the past. For mythological or fictional arms see: