Sharpened guard disks, usage?
How about the 'Mordstreich' - Murder Strike? The disks make it a nice double axe. Punching would be effective too.
I've seen Italian falchions with the upturn on the finger guard, not being symmetrical, the turn-up was on the right. On mine, it (experimentally) did not increase the ease of picking up the sword whichever side it was on. Didn't try it with a gauntlet tho. It did seem to offer a bit more protection to the second joint on my finger in a parry.
Last edited by kronckew; 29th December 2017 at 05:59 PM.
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