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Originally Posted by kronckew
Fernando's classy rondel is very spiky, basically a three sided spike optimized for thrusting, presumably thru armour gaps or into un-armoured people, like the weapons I mentioned. Swordfish posted another more zira bouk looking one.
Fernando's Rondel Post
Swordfish's post
Here's an 18/19c zira bouk from the metropolitan museum. |
Thank you very much for the photo!
This is probably the oldest example I have seen. And indeed looks like it could be 19th century. 👍