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Jon R Angers
Location: Massachusetts Joined: 26 Nov 2004
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 Posted: Fri 26 Nov, 2004 11:51 am Post subject: Please Identify... |
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Please help me identify this mace item and it's value(if any). I do not know much about it except that its handle is solid wood with tack-style embleshments in the handle. the chain and ball seem to made of iron. I don't know it's weight but its HEAVY. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Björn Hellqvist
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It's a ball-and-chain, most likely a replica made som 20-30 years ago. If the ball is solid iron, it is quite impractical, and made for display purposes only. Value? Very hard to tell, but don't expect more than, say, 50 bucks.
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Gary Grzybek
Location: Stillwater N.J. Joined: 25 Aug 2003
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I have to agree with Bjorn.
would'nt this be classified as a Flail instead of a Mace?
Gary Grzybek
ARMA Northern N.J.
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Brian Luscombe
Location: Barrie, Ontario Joined: 30 Sep 2003
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Morning Star repro.
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Allan Senefelder
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Mace or morning star the weighted usually spiked or knobbed end is fixed on the end of the haft. On a flail the weighted end (this could be a spiked ball, a non spiked ball or even a dense hard wood with large nails run through (originally an agricultural implement) )is articulated on a chain somethimes only a single link(longer polearm types) so that the mass can be spun to generate greater force .
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This is a standard topic