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Originally Posted by stephen wood
...wasn't Malchus the servant of the High Priest whose ear was cut off by St Peter and restored by Christ?
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correct. Particularly among the german states, the style of short curved messer/falchion became associated with that action and took the name.
sort of like a Bowie knife is named after the person it was associated with.
Named after the well-known british musician....(sorry. I'm joking there. could'nt resist.)