Thanks for sharing. Amazing work!

A Sergeant's polearm usually have those shorter hafts so it is historical.

A true work of art of the armorer's craft. It could definitely make the point in an argument.

A halbill.

So aggressively beautiful.

Does this also anneal the tang or is this done pre heat treat?

That sword would look great on my hip - ANYWHERE‼️ ☺️ 👨🏻‍🍳😘

No way I'm starting a nomenclature fight in a bar with someone carrying that! 🙂

This is a weapon for an evil elf guarding a wizard.

At a glance, I don't like the look of the quillons, it destroys too many symmetries. But in the period, someone realised that a slight S-shape in the plane of the blade coupled with an out of plane bend would give them a slight advantage when fencing. And I have mad respect for any customer that would go for these type of pieces. Good job all around!

That's a nice multi-tool ya got there.

"I can'st doeth that Sir Dave-id" Hal-berdier

Looks like someone left a Halberd and a Bill alone in the broom closet...

Nice. Starting to appreciate these types of swords more though my heart remains in the 14th century...

I seen that rapier for many year's in your Customs page wishing I had the money to buy one. I'd have a few custom touches, but not too much....gorgeous sword!!!

It's a billberd!

Yay

Yay!

I bet it rocks you like a hurricane.

Ultimate social distancing weapon...

I had one of these years ago. Never should have sold it.

Fascinating.

Excellent!

Excellent work!

Love these crazy guys.

Love the design!

Fullers on polearms seems interesting. What kind of fullers are easier to make, wide or narrow? Which type does the best job at lightening the weapon?

can you use this as a 1 handed weapon using the socket as a handle when before they were hafted also you can fix the socket over the muzzle of a firearm and use it as a type of bayonet

Halberd+Billhook+Partizan=Scorpion-Actual scorpion

I need one.

It would be nice to see this available generally rather than just a custom. Excellent. Nice tapered cross section.

Gorgeous piece

Imagine being this guy's neighbor.😂

Jeez Louise what an insight!

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Where can I buy a good replica sword

I imagine a flail would be more powerful on horseback, just being able to use the momentum to your advantage.

Renaissance gladius.

Lovely job, guys! I’ve never wanted one of this style before. But now, strangely, I do…..

Craig is a mild-mannered hulk!

How do you actually make those warhammers ? I mean you can't really use the normal hammer making technique because of the spike on top and the square-ish wooden shaft. I suppose you make it in parts and assemble and peen/rivet together? I attempted to make one before, but I ended up tigwelding the langets.... They look great tough.

Even armored in a gauntlet, a glaive blade slamming down the shaft of a weapon to strike the fingers / forearm / wrist is gonna inflict a whole lot of pain.

Swords for HOBBITS? :D

The Towton's pommel's extrusion hitting the palm makes suddenly huge sense.

i really hate the gigantic warhammer tropes of fantasy, real warhammers look so much cooler.

While this is all very reasonable, we do have certain credible historical accounts of fighting with extremely heavy weapons. For example, Cheng Zi Yi's 17th-century manual on a the da dao (a long-bladed polearm in this case) describes it weighing 10-20 catties (13-26lbs). Cheng likewise describes the bian, a bludgeon wielded in both hands, as weighing 11-22lbs. Now, these weights could be translation errors, original errors, jokes, conventions, or whatever. However, we have tons of 17th-century accounts of soldiers using their muskets as clubs & indications that this was at least moderately effective. Muskets of the period often weighed 12-16lbs. Musketeers in the English Civil War supposedly frequently preferred clubbing their muskets to using their swords. So there may be situations where a heavy bludgeon gets the job done. & there is at least one 16th-century English morningstar (spiked club) in the Tower of London that weighs 11.56lbs.

One project I want to take on is making as big of a weapon as I can make that still retains martial practicality, and imagine that someone like Eddie Hall would be able to wield it like a normal sized person would wield weapons that are just on the very edge of practicality. It's likely to be a two-handed sword with a particularly long handle, long reach, and a lot of taper.

I showed up at a friend's home to help build his garage with my war hammer. I had it covered with a piece of leather so no one could see the head. When we got ready to build I pulled the cover off, took a swig of my Spaten and said ok let's do this. I had a dozen carpenters give me the strangest looks.

I was recently watching the third hobbit film with my kids and my son looks over at me "Dad, why are they charging into the enemy with that massive axe held over their head? As soon as they swing they'll be dead." It's amusing as even the target audience for such a film knows better. Seeing someone skillfully wield a realistic or period hammer, I think that would be an interesting scene. They could even have a scene where a character picks up an absurdly large axe or hammer and someone corrects them.