A Landsknecht Halberd?

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Originally Posted by CSinTX

I found artwork that shows Landsknecht halberds with a pattern of lines on the blade.

Title: Landsknecht mit Schrammhans, Date: ca. 1535, Artist: Erhard Schoen, Provenance: Germany Collection: Germanisches Nationalmuseum

i suspect the lines on the blades, like the similar lines on the human figures are contour lines to indicate shading rather than actual lines on the blades or the humans & their clothing. the blades are being shown as not being flat.