I think that Kunai or something similar would be quite effective if used as indirect fire to break formations.

Maybe not kunai per se, apparently they were mostly used as tools not as ninja weapons like in games. There's some forms of kunai and bo shuriken with tassles on the back like strips of ribbon or horse hair tassles, or just a western style throwing knife with a large lanyard thread on the handle. I bet if you throw it high above the enemy, not strictly aiming for them just hurling it, the tassles would slow the rotation and gravity would bring it down point-first.

A kunai or throwing dagger falling down at you from a great height might not be a lethal blow (Especially with helms and armour involved) but it'll likely make you soil your armour and if there's enough being thrown continually it might make you break formation.

I know the Romans did something similar with two weapons, one smaller and one larger. They'd hurl bullets of lead in slings up above enemies to fall on them. Or up close they'd throw iron arrows with lead weights on them (Plumbata) that could kill or embed in an enemy's shield making it too heavy to use well. Off course they also had arrows and several sizes of spear that did a similar job, I'm just pitching something in between the size options. The advantage of this is you could carry half a dozen for the bulk / weight of a single plumbata.

Any thoughts?

I have in my possession a sword with the number 1402 and a capital A can anyone tell me what is it ?

Let's say that we are talking about a roman slinger, using lead balls. as projectiles. What sort of wounds/damage could he cause to an opponent wearing armour? Can a slingshot even pierce armour or shields?

Hi all! This is my first time posting to this sub, and is definitely a weird question. But in my experience, Reddit hobbyists give some of the best information!

I'm a props master for my school's theater program, and one of our plays this year is Antigone. We spent a TON of money choreographing a staff-based fight. Problem is... the staffs look like garbage right now. Glorified broom handles.

Antigone is believed to be based in ~400 B.C, produced in Athens.

My question: Do any of you have resources/photo examples/information on what period-accurate fighting staffs would look like at this time? Would staffs be used at all, or would spears be more accurate?

Thank you so much in advance!

I'm making some lovely deadly weaponry and nobody is stopping me for once. I don't find archery as appealing as say, spear throwing, but the sun is taking forever so i might as well make an arrow Head pattern to cut some steel into on a rainy day. What are the dimensions of average old stone arrow heads?

I'm making a sword in my garage and I'm curious to know if the blade design I came up with was ever a "thing" somewhere back in the day. Obviously what I'm making is nothing like a traditional sword build, but the kind of general shape of the blade, did anybody do that?

https://www.dropbox.com/s/lx70m6qpz1bw098/20191103_200934.jpg?dl=0

Which should i buy , needs your review

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Once all the arrows landed how big of an area was full of arrows? Like 20 meter radius circle? 30? 40? more?

Movie swords are the ones that are featured in movies. They may belong to the fantasy world or the historical world. Let us have a look at the three most amazing and iconic movie swords of all times.

This is a really cool and informative video about the ancient Sword of Goujian: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgH-aMuuRdw

Say 2 hoplites are fighting with spear and shield, one manages to pin the other to the ground, but can't stab through any major organs because his shield is over his chest. Could that spear pierce said shield with relative ease or would it take an amount of effort that isn't worth the time?

Ukraine https://imgur.com/gallery/ap05P1C

There are quite a few videos online of monks using the shaolin spade in demonstrations, but I was unable to find and evidence of someone using one on, say, a combat dummy. I imagine it would be good for chopping and cutting, but how effective would it be at thrusting? Would it actually cut, or would it basically just be useful to push?

Is there any equivalent bladed weapon to the parrying dagger that can counter polearms back then? I'm thinking that the best counter would be a shield but I'm curious if there are specialist weapons for disarming polearms.

knuckles pictures

My apologies if this doesn't belong here. https://imgur.com/gallery/mD4eN

Long story short I'm wanting to write a story and want my main character to wield a glaive and shield in combat. I was just curious if it was viable and if not, what weapon was of similar...type? for lack of a better word.

Found these two in the water near an old fort. 1.5 inch diameter not 100% round. Weight 320 g I thought they were musket balls. Does anyone know what they are and how to identify them. Thanks

I found two types of Indian two-handed swords:

First, a sword with orbs segmenting the handle. There are also versions with much longer handles with more orbs. https://i.pinimg.com/236x/96/f2/59/96f259f93e058dcdacc95d103b7dd3aa--red-green-samurai.jpg

Second, a very long long estoc-like sword with a second guard, like some European Zweihänders. http://ashokaarts.com/img/product_images/image/detail/ew-twohandedsword1-1667.jpg

Can anyone tell me the names, eras and origin of these swords? Any other info would also be welcome.

Not talking about an Assassin's Creed knife,

Apparently, in some tribes in Africa, people wear a bladed bracelet called a Larim, also called a Ararait or a Nyepel. How would this weapon be effective? The blades seem to be angled about 90 degrees away from them being effective weapons...

Found this weird weapon that is apparently used in the Sihk martial art called Gatka.

Here is a video of one being demonstrated, where the guy describes how they were essentially used like giant umbrellas to block projectiles from hitting troops.

He then also states that the edges of the weapon are traditionally heavily weighted, or blades are hung from the edges, to create a pinwheel of death.

Does this look like it could actually be a viable weapon? I guess I can see the usefulness against arrows and stuff like that, but it looks kind of hard to direct as a weapon meant to do damage.

So I have been digging around the internet, and found this ancient monk weapon: a Tri-Blade Double-Edge Sword.

Here's another image closer up

I find it very hard to believe that such an elegant looking weapon has such a chunky name, and have been looking for several hours, but haven't found anything on the weapon at all. Not where it was commonly used, or any demonstrations of the weapon being used, or any details about it other than the Shaolin Monks used it in the past.

Does anyone have any other info on this polearm?

The book series Rangers Apprentice is a young adult series set in medieval times. Some of the characters, the Rangers, carry 2 knives, and to block sword strikes they would cross their blades and catch the sword in the middle of the X as shown here.. Was this viable or completely unrealstic?

I'm just curious if these could be used in combat at any length without falling apart.

Also, is there a point behind the concave axe face? How about the metal studs, any purpose or just decorative?

http://imgur.com/MmC7hIR

I recently watched a video on how to make ancient Inuit, copper head arrows. Apparently the Inuits would attach the head to a carved piece of antler which would then snugly slide into a shallow hole drilled down the shaft.

I'm guessing this might move the center of gravity slightly forward to improve accuracy at the cost of range, and give the arrow more power if you were firing from an elevated position.

But would this offer any other benefit in a fight? I was thinking it might be possible if the arrow hits hard enough that the arrow head could detach and keep going after the shaft gets stuck, or that it might just make it harder for the injured party to pull out/push through.

Not sure if this is the right place but I have been looking forever and cant seem to find one just like it. I was doing construction work in a house and found this inside the wall.

http://imgur.com/a/JwgmP

I currently have a section of a hickory tree cut into a 6 foot long log. I do not know of anyone that has a 6 ft lathe that I can use so I was wondering how they made them in ye olden days or even modern ways to whittle down the diameter.

My dad found this at a garage sale, the owner had no idea what it was, does it look familiar to anyone? I have no idea but it looks interesting