Swiss spiked wooden mace , morgenstern , how old ???

[M ELEY]

Exactly. I was thinking along those lines as well when it came to so-called 'peasant' weapons made from farm implements. I remember reading that the bian or jin was such an item used for lifting hay bails, but excellent as a cudgel/deflecting weapon. I love your morning star and would love to have one of these. Now if I can only rationalize what they have to do with pirates/maritime use?

[Akanthus]

Here some examples taken from " Europäische Hieb und Stichwaffen " from Müller Kölling Platow.All very simple and easy to produce but certainly very effective.

[francantolin]

Thank's a lot M. Eley and Akanthus for your messages and informations !
I will try to get the book , it seems well made and interesting ( + 300 pages ) I saw they are available on EBay,
I'll try to find one not with a faire price 😅🙂

On what I saw on the pictures and descrpition,
I thinkn I can say mine is 17th-18th century.
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