I've ended up with a decent number of German books in my library, which is fantastic, because German books often are well-illustrated and often show examples that aren't published regularly in English-language titles. As my wife likes to point out, I don't read or speak German, which limits the value of the text. :\

However, I just stumbled on these diagrams in on of my new books, Illustriertes Lexikon der hieb- Stich-Waffen. They take various kind of weapons and give basic terminology for the parts. This will certainly be an aid for me going forward, and I thought some of you out there might find it helpful in figuring out German-language book or website texts. Enjoy!

Sword:
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Dagger:
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Rapier:
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Saber:
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Halberd:
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Mace:
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This is very helpful, Chad. Many thanks!

Best of all, the terms allow me to search online for specific terms and find arms not published in English.