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Originally Posted by fearn
... we can call it an edged weapon?  |
the main needle is steel and pointy enough to serve in extremis. these were originally much larger and such a deadly weapon that laws were passed that they could only be carried if sealed behind a glass barrier and had an effective blade length less than 3 inches. sadly, there are no surviving records of it's use in battle, and the only training manual found was eaten by my dog before it could be read or photographed for posterity. a sad loss to the history of these fine weapons. i think he ate it because the manual had an etching of a flying pig on it, the symbol of the 13th royal welsh compass regiment.