Hello,

I am new to this wonderful forum. I collect ethnographic edged weapons, but am also greatly interested in the study of Ancient and Mediaeval arms.

I have come accross some illustrations from a 13th century French court manuscript, known as Les Coutumes de Toulouse. They depict a weapon that resembles very closely a Dacian falx. That such a weapon would ahve reached France is intriguing but unlikely, and it might instead be a unique chopper weapon in the same vein as the blades in the Maciejowski Bible: http://www.myArmoury.com/talk/viewtopic.php?t=927

Would anyone have any information or comments regarding this strange weapon?

Best regards,
Emanuel

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That looks rather like a gloroified billhook, plus a longer handle...

Hmm, after some more search, the fascine knife also pops up. As said in previous discussions, it's interesting to see these agricultural implements adapted and used by knights.

Precisely. A fascine knife is a billhook by another name. Give it a longer handle, and you get the thing in the pictures.