Information needed Peru bolas weapon

kronckew · 3rd May 2016, 07:12 PM

at 27 in. i'd not want to be flailing it around trying to hit someone else as the someone it is likely to hit is yourself. maybe if it had been on the end of a pole, but it doesn't look like that. bit like the european 'morning star' spiked ball on a chain normally attached to a handle long eough to keep the business end away from the weilder. short handled ones do exists - probably cut down for convenient display & never thereafter used in battle. i think we discussed that some time past...

slinging it about and throwing it makes more sense, especially if you had more. probably better for small game hunting where the target isn't fighting back throwing more stuff at you.

3rd May 2016, 07:12 PM	#4
kronckew Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Room 101, Glos. UK Posts: 4,215	at 27 in. i'd not want to be flailing it around trying to hit someone else as the someone it is likely to hit is yourself. maybe if it had been on the end of a pole, but it doesn't look like that. bit like the european 'morning star' spiked ball on a chain normally attached to a handle long eough to keep the business end away from the weilder. short handled ones do exists - probably cut down for convenient display & never thereafter used in battle. i think we discussed that some time past... slinging it about and throwing it makes more sense, especially if you had more. probably better for small game hunting where the target isn't fighting back throwing more stuff at you.