Flail with two balls

Product description

The medieval war flail was a shorter weapon consisting of a wooden shaft connected by a chain, rope, or leather strap to one or more striking heads. It originated during the Crusades from the threshing flail. Because the steel ball was attached to a chain, it was effective against enemies carrying shields. Variants of this weapon — sometimes smooth, sometimes spiked — spread from Eastern Europe to the West from the 10th century onward. Illustrations from the 15th to 17th centuries show both large, two-handed flails and shorter, one-handed versions. Well-known depictions can be seen in the painting Battle of Orsha (1520–1534), in The Travels of Marco Polo (c. 1410), and in the military treatise Bellifortis (c. 1450).

This flail has a handle with a length of 50 cm and a chain with a length of 30 cm. The two pointy balls both have a diameter of 10 cm.

This item cannot be sold to Belgium due to Belgian weapons legislation.