Meat cleavers have been used as weapons. As improvised weapons, gang weapons, etc. Chinese kitchen knives have seen similar use. As for specialised cleaver weapons, a cleaver shape - a boxy rectangle - means that the weapon needs …

Cleaver falchions were shaped like a large meat cleaver or large bladed machete. These falchions seem to have become popular in the 13th and 14th centuries. They have a very thin blade with a 1.2mm thick spine. The point has a slight taper leadinug near to the edge that drops into a secondary bevel and an acute edge.

2022年8月16日 · In the video game, Mount and Blade Warband, a similar sword is called a “military cleaver.” I prefer u/J_G_E ‘s interpretation of these as an early messer-type sword because of their similarity in shape to table knives of the 13th century.

A falchion (/ ˈfɔːltʃən /; Old French: fauchon; Latin: falx, "sickle") is a one-handed, single-edged 37-40in. sword of European origin. Falchions are found in different forms from around the 13th century up to and including the 16th century.

2010年1月5日 · In the Maciejowski Bible there are many depictions of cleaverlike swords. I really like the form of these weapons, but hadn't seem them any where else. That was until I was looking through the 'Romance de Alexander' illustrated roughly hundred years later. I kind off fell in love with this last one and ordered a replica.

In the diverse armory of medieval Europe, few weapons are as distinctive and intriguing as the falchion sword. With its unique design, resembling a machete, it was the cleaver of its time, built for hacking and slashing through the tumultuous battles of the Middle Ages.

A falchion is a one-edged, single-bladed sword with a curve towards the tip. It’s designed to optimize cutting power, making it effective for delivering cleaving strikes. Falchions were popular in medieval Europe.

2024年5月14日 · What was known as the fauchon probably originated in France, but was likely produced in much of western Europe. It was a one-handed, single-edged sword with a unique, cleaver-like design that set it apart from other medieval bladed weapons. The cleaver sword probably weighed around a kilogram and was roughly a metre long from hilt to tip.

2018年4月8日 · The beidana is a rather interesting weapon, maybe a relative to the dussack, being a simple construction of steel easy to make by a counrty blacksmith. Unlike the dussack it usually doesn't have a thrusting point, but a broad blunt point similar to a cleaver, sometimes with a back hump or a decorative hanging curl.

Crusaders and low level soldiers loved this small handy and efficient sword through the 13th and 14th centuries right across Europe. The cleaver falchion blade is short and handy in a tight place and although the blade widens massively toward the tip, the extreme distal taper ensures this sword is light and nimble in the hand.