rare medieval weapon against heavy Armour. - Page 2

Billman · 3rd June 2013, 09:10 AM

Ha! Ha! Croissant = crescent = half moon... The croissant (tool) is a curved blade, often with a hook on the back, fitted to a long handle by a socket. The English equivalent is the slasher. This type of tool is common throughout most of Europe, and is also called a vouge (alt spelling voulge) in France. It is often sold by unscrupulous or ignorant weapons dealers as a pole arm.

Problems often arise because the same word is used for both the tool and the similar shaped weapon, e.g bill in English, vouge in French or roncone in Italian. The situation is further confused by the adoption of an old tool name for that of a modern one, e.g. in Spanish a vine pruning billhook is called a podadora (alt spelling podadera) - the same word is also used for a pair of secateurs (which replaced the billhook for vine pruning in the late 19th century), but also is used for a motorised chainsaw or a grass strimmer.....

I supose edible croissants could be used as a weapon if laced with arsenic....

3rd June 2013, 09:10 AM	#31
Billman Member Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 129	Croissant Ha! Ha! Croissant = crescent = half moon... The croissant (tool) is a curved blade, often with a hook on the back, fitted to a long handle by a socket. The English equivalent is the slasher. This type of tool is common throughout most of Europe, and is also called a vouge (alt spelling voulge) in France. It is often sold by unscrupulous or ignorant weapons dealers as a pole arm. Problems often arise because the same word is used for both the tool and the similar shaped weapon, e.g bill in English, vouge in French or roncone in Italian. The situation is further confused by the adoption of an old tool name for that of a modern one, e.g. in Spanish a vine pruning billhook is called a podadora (alt spelling podadera) - the same word is also used for a pair of secateurs (which replaced the billhook for vine pruning in the late 19th century), but also is used for a motorised chainsaw or a grass strimmer..... I supose edible croissants could be used as a weapon if laced with arsenic....