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tom hyle · 13th June 2011, 11:43 PM

I don't believe that the weapon types for which these tribes were named were particular to them in any way. Certainly the spear people (Danes, Gots, Frises) did not seem to use spears more than anyone else. Angled tip saxes and fracisca axes were not particular to the tribes that bore their name, and those tribes seem to have used the same weapons as other German tribes. Maybe it's got to do with which tribe originated a particular weapon type; I don't know.
I am not wondering about the longobard people or the details of their association to the longobard axe; I'm just wondering if there's an established idea or anyone's ideas of what, specifically, this weapon was.

13th June 2011, 11:43 PM	#4
tom hyle Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Houston, TX, USA Posts: 1,254	I don't believe that the weapon types for which these tribes were named were particular to them in any way. Certainly the spear people (Danes, Gots, Frises) did not seem to use spears more than anyone else. Angled tip saxes and fracisca axes were not particular to the tribes that bore their name, and those tribes seem to have used the same weapons as other German tribes. Maybe it's got to do with which tribe originated a particular weapon type; I don't know. I am not wondering about the longobard people or the details of their association to the longobard axe; I'm just wondering if there's an established idea or anyone's ideas of what, specifically, this weapon was.