It can be wielded in one hand, and some battle-axes are double-bladed.
The battle-axe is a broad-headed axe used to cleave through armor and shields. The shaft usually has a spike on both ends. The poleaxe has an axehead opposite to a hammer or a spike, mounted on a shaft. It usually has a spike at the top of the shaft and a thorn or a hook opposite to the blade. The halberd has a heavy, cleaver-like blade at the top of a long shaft. A tourney lance is normally twelve feet long. Their tips are blunted to better unhorse an opponent without causing serious harm, and they are unbanded, meaning that they will often break upon impact. Tourney lances are longer and more fragile than their battlefield cousins. The lance is tipped with a steel point sharpened to drive through plate, and is normally used for a single charge before becoming too unwieldy in close combat. They are often eight feet long, made of turned ash, and banded to prevent splitting. A war lance is a weapon of heavy cavalry, such as knights and northern cavalry. A cheap spear can still be a good weapon the same cannot be said of a cheap sword. Effective spears and mauls are relatively cheap to make and are, thus, popular weapons for men-at-arms. 
Almost everyone carries a knife or dagger, as they are useful and practical in many circumstances.
The secrets of forging them have been lost and there are perhaps only a couple of hundred of them left in Westeros, mostly as prized heirlooms by noble houses. These swords are stronger, lighter, and sharper than all others (except perhaps for Dawn), and the steel is typically dark, almost black.
The rarest and most desired swords are those forged in Old Valyria, of Valyrian steel. However, usually only knights and nobles can afford them. This is to a very real extent the mark of a soldier and so carried by all, although it may not necessarily be the soldier's primary weapon.Ĭastle-forged weapons are of high quality, generally better than those produced by smiths in the cities. The weapons carried generally reflect those of the prototype armies and by far the most common is the sword.
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