I wanted to know if someone has ever see a flail with a 8 flanges head.
if yes show some pictures!!

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On plate Medieval Costume, Armour, and Weapons by Eduard Wagner, Zoroslava Drobna, and Jan Durdik, they show a cross section of an eight-bladed mace. Each flange appears to be at a 45 degree angle from the adjacent flanges. It's not much information, but they might have existed. I'll look around later and see what else I can come up with.

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I can't remember ever seeing a flail with any number of actual flanges - as opposed to strengthening ribs or lines of studs or spikes - lots of maces, though. For example, an eight-flanged replica mace by MRL is reviewed right here; the review features a good photo of a similar historical mace, too. There are also photos of several antiques featured in this album.

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This still isn't much information (and no pictures), but the Severance Collection apparently has an Italian seven-flanged mace from circa 1540-50 (from the "Checklist of the Severance Collection" in Arms and Armor: the Cleveland Museum of Art by Stephen N. Fliegel).

I can keep looking. I probably can't post any pictures, but it will at least give you an idea where to look!

Oops! I just noticed the original poster was asking specifically about flails! That would change things. I'll still see what I can come up with! (My mind is mush today, too much going on!)

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Just took another look at the Wagner, Dobna, and Durdik book. They illustrate several flails, some from museum collections. They show plenty of spikes, studs, multiple chains, and even strengthening bars ("4 twisted metal thongs, 3 bands, and studded with 12 nails" as stated in the caption for the illustration of one from the Prague Municipal Museum) but no flanges. I'll keep looking, but flails were constructed a bit differently from maces.

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Yes i know but it was supposed to be my first project that i wanted to be unique. (before this post was on the off topics talk)
and i was wondering if some people has made this before.

It seems yes-_-'


http://www.by-the-sword.com/acatalog/images/cd-152.jpg

Check on this link to see it.

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Etienne,
If you are doing this as a non-historical project, then you could make any number of flanges you like. Why not seven or nine? Be creative! If you want to make it more historical, you might want to make a spiked or barred flail. The flail could be a rather crude weapon; some had no more than a weight at the end of the chain.
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Here's a faceted flail:

http://www.myArmoury.com/albums/photo/1400.html

It wouldn't be too much of a stretch to hollow out those facets a bit to create "flanges" or ribs.

how long is the grip in the picture? because i perhaps will try to do one almost like this one.

Looks like it's somewhere in the 48-60 inch range.

With the chain?

Four to five feet... this would be a two-handed flail, then?

with that lenght of shaft i could do a double flail!!! :D