France weapons 16-17th century

[unaflores21]

Good day! Sorry if not on the topic. I hope for your understanding! I work in the theater, I felt the director in custom writing a script. We prepare the performance, whose collected in France is 10-17th century, for the preparation of Requesitis, we make it difficult to search for the image of fascine knife or other chopping weapons of France 16-17th century. Weapon is looking for a character - the witch hunter and evil. The action of the story, as I wrote, 16-17th century вeath of Queen Margot. Place - France, Paris.
According to Wikipedia, by the middle of the 16th century, it was fascine knife, replacing the grasmasters. Unfortunately, their further history was failed.
I would be very glad if you can advise cold weapons of chopping action.

 

[Triton]

Do a search on 16th century falchions. You should find what you are looking for. Another thought is that a theatre audience is not going to know whether something is 16th century or 11th century or entirely fictional. On stage you are trying to make it look good not present a treatise on historical accuracy.

 

[shane45-1911]

Weapon is looking for a character - the witch hunter and evil.

Substitute "zombie hunter" for "witch hunter", and Zombie Tools has everything you want. Their knives are "primitive" looking, and have the evil factor in abundance. Link below:

Blades

Our blades are burly, sharp and durable. They are made for use, not for show.

zombietools.net

 

[Triton]

I should have also noted a fascine knife is more of a 17th century item. Since Margot was mostly a 16th century queen I would select the falcon on if you are stuck on historical accuracy.

 

[unwisefool]

Substitute "zombie hunter" for "witch hunter", and Zombie Tools has everything you want. Their knives are "primitive" looking, and have the evil factor in abundance. Link below:

Blades

Our blades are burly, sharp and durable. They are made for use, not for show.

zombietools.net

I'm not sure those are appropriate for stage use...

 

[CWL]

Greetings! This is what a fascine knife would have looked like.
In English, the billhook. Used in France for maintaining hedgrows or "haies" separating the bocages in Normandy.

 

[unwisefool]

separating the bocages

...you stay away from my bocages

 

[Triton]

Greetings! This is what a fascine knife would have looked like.
In English, the billhook. Used in France for maintaining hedgrows or "haies" separating the bocages in Normandy.

It's my understanding that you are correct, later vaccine knives definitely were of the bill hook variety. Earlier ones were more sword like or so I understand. In this case I guess it depends on what our poster wants to arm his hero with. A peasant weapon? .Something a trifle more elegant?

I do agree that the zombie tools mentioned above might be fun but they seem prohibitively expensive for a stage prop.