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This war flail is a replica of various medieval originals. During the Middle Ages, warriors developed the war flail from the threshing flail, a common agricultural tool.
The war flail consisted of a wooden handle connected by a chain, rope, or leather strap to one or more striking heads. Various versions—sometimes smooth, sometimes spiked—spread from 10th-century Eastern Europe westward. Illustrations from the 15th to 17th centuries depict both large, two-handed flails and shorter, one-handed versions. Notable examples appear 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 features two heavy balls attached to two chains. The 94 cm handle keeps the balls well clear of your own hands.
