Mace, War Hammer, and the joy of bludgeoning

▷▷▷Mace, War Hammer, and the joy of bludgeoning

Since the dawn of mankind, we have always had a subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) call upon other human beings in flesh pulpy stick with a hard object. The cavemen did. The Byzantines have recognized this. The Celts and Gauls were aware. Medieval knights had fun. Heck, even the intellectuals of the Renaissance had itching.

We do not like talking about it, sure, but if artificial social restrictions have been removed away, there's reallynot so masculine, as an opponent to be crushed into fertilizer to defeat on the battlefield. Therefore, the weapons and war hammer, mace warriors were considered the strongest and most capable.

Club hammers and the war has developed and gained popularity over time, especially if chain mail, scale mail Ringmail invented. These types of armor made it difficult to kill an enemy with edged weapons. The club, but could not penetrate parts of the body to pulverizethe armor. And they did grind. Club and the war hammer weapon was extremely popular and have been responsible for countless deaths, injuries and accidental self-injection bonking on the head (the last one probably did not actually too much damage (usually), but they were a source of fire jokes and humiliation after the battle).

Mace started the club based on very large, heavy sticks. The Big Stick arms race eventually led to large rods mounted with heavy balls of wood or stoneuntil the end. The next phase of development was "heavy wooden balls with knobby projections" (which, ironically, was my nickname in high school). The knobby bumps hurt much more than smooth wood, causing more damage.

Finally, with the advent of bronze and iron, metal clubs came into vogue. These were, of course, much more deadly wooden clubs, but not as popular as swords and spears. Just above the popularity of metal armor, maces and war hammers realenjoyed a solid popularity. Clubs and hammers were to make a good deal cheaper than swords, so that lower-class warriors and little folk 'in general, they could afford.

Flanged Mace (Mace with square edges and ends of metal protruding from the head) were popular around 1200, as a thick, almost impenetrable defense made the two swords and maces less effective. The flanges were able to be a huge amount of energy in a very small spot. This allowed the team toan old armor to penetrate the opener.

Maces and war hammers were used by both infantry and cavalry. Knight could really appreciate the hammer as soon as a small bat swung his horse's posterior pole. Lackey could liked the large, two-handed bat who shot with his extraordinary power. Warhammers shorter, a little jumping 'around, they were very popular with riders wearing large helmet (helmets cylindrical with flat tops). You will see the flat tops of these helmets were like the war hammerHeliports, just waiting for a hammer on the floor and everything below it. Many warhammer present claws at one end was similar to Pierce armor like projections of the bat flange.

And speaking of flanged mace, was an alternate version of a flanged beam of the morning star, which was pretty much a standard ball-head hammer with spikes instead of iron. The tips were less effective against heavy armor do, but very, very bad when they hit light armor or, God forbid, armorOpponents.

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