Persian and Ottoman maces

[Kubur]

Originally Posted by Victrix

So what are the main characteristics to look for to differentiate between them? My admittedly very shallow observations suggest that Persian maces might have an emphasis on flanges used to penerate armour, whilst Ottoman maces have "turban" like, rounded heads? But this may be coincidental and completely wrong.

Well it might be a little bit wrong as a lot of Ottoman maces are winged maces.
Ottoman maces influenced Central european maces. They were very similar.
I suspect the turban like or ognion shaped like maces to be more for prestige than for war. I might be wrong... I wonder if they are heavy or not...



Here two threads on this topic that i found on the forum

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=ottoman+mace

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showth...t=ottoman+mace