Flail with Two Balls

Product description

The medieval war flail was a shorter weapon made from 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 highly effective against shield-carrying enemies. Variants — sometimes smooth, sometimes spiked — spread from Eastern Europe westward from the 10th century onward. Illustrations from the 15th through 17th centuries show both large, two-handed flails and shorter, one-handed versions. You can spot well-known depictions 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 a 50 cm handle and a 30 cm chain. Both spiked balls measure 10 cm in diameter.

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