Talk:Glaive/@comment-71.34.75.123-20140618220253/@comment-66.67.83.162-20140802074304

It's true that, historically, a glaive is just a spear variant. However, the -word- glaive simply means "blade". Of which this version of the glaive consists of several.

Secondly, the fictional glaives' blades often resemble the historical glaives' blades. Generally having a warped or jagged edge, including hooks/spikes. Historical glaives were used as more of a sword with a very long handle, with chopping and slashing motions. The hooks and spikes were added to defend against and dismount cavalry units. Essentially, it functions almost completely identically to a halberd.