medioeval weapon... HELP!!!

Tracer-san

Tracer-san

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Hey guys, does any of you know how is it called that medioeval weapon that consisted of a metal stick with a chain remated with a ball with spikes?
Hell, I don't even know the word is Sp[anish for it :-(
thanx :-)
Oh, btw, i like mickey77 signature full of faces *L*

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Speak softly, but always carry a folder.
 
Battle Mace. Nasty things. Cool to play with.

Brandon
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I've seen the following names: Morning Star, Mace and Chain, Flail, and Holy Water Sprinkler. It was especially effective against plate armor. A blow could crush thje bones inside, even without penetrating the plate. A nasty item, but then what weapon isn't?

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My understanding is that the Morning Star(MorgenStern) is a spiked ball mace head on a short chain and handle.
The "holly Water" sprinkler is a Tubular spiked flail either as the end of a staff or on a chain attached to a staff. The Key differences are the length of the hadle and the shape of the impact instrument. for those who might be interested.

Cheers,

ts

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Now i know how to look for it on the net :-)


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Speak softly, but always carry a folder.
 
fyi morgen stern can be translated as death star.

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j . p hissom
 
I've seen these for sale at bladeauction.com in the non-knife category.

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Brandon

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"You should never never doubt what nobody is sure about..."
 
Che loco creo que es un Battle Mace. if you want one go to "museum Replicas".
i dont know their website but they have them.

Que tengas suerte

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ohoisin... FYI, morgen stern is German for morning star, its one of our family names.

Jake
 
By all means look at the Museum Replicas catalog; they have some good pictures, but don't buy anything from them.... Only a few years ago they were a good place to buy from, but not any more.
www.netsword.com is a UBB forum like this one; you'll feel right at home and the members are very knowledgeable and friendly.

When you see a morning star on the wall at the restaurant with "ambiance" and it looks like it weighs about thirty pounds (15kg) and you wonder how anybody could possibly use that clumsy thing as a weapon ... nobody could use it as a weapon; it's a wall ornament. The real ones were much lighter.



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Oh, ok, thanx for the tip, but anyways i wasn't planning on buy one of those things (although it would be a REALLY COOL piece of decoration), I just was wondering the name cos i wanted to see some pics and i couldnt do a search with no names.
Well, i dactually id it, but i couldnt find it *g*

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Speak softly, but always carry a folder.
 
yes but morgen is celtic for death, the death/battle mistress god of the irish was named morgen

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Sanity is overrated, simply a moonbeam spilling pearls on a dark and treacherous sea.
j . p hissom
 
Originally posted by ohoisin:
yes but morgen is celtic for death, the death/battle mistress god of the irish was named morgen
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Actually, I believe the name is "Morrigan"- the triple goddess of death and battle, along with her sisters Bodbh and Macha.
Her name comes from the gaelic words *Mor Riagan* which means "Great queen".
"Morrigan" is pronounced "More Ree-an", but most people just prounounce it how it looks.

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[This message has been edited by Christian (edited 02-03-2000).]
 
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