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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
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 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.