Poll: Your favourite obscure (medieval-ish) weapon?

[Grampy_bone]

I like the Franciscan throwing axe. I mean, it basically defeated the roman legion. How badass was that?

Speaking of, the roman Principe's equipment and fighting style were all awesome. Throw Pilum javelins to disable enemy attacks, advance to close range with scutum shields, hack to bits with gladius swords.

 

[Tinblitz]

I think mine has to be a good old, reliable war-hammer (does that count as obscure enough?).
You take the power of an axe/hamer blow and convert all that power into a small point, making a weapon that's built to punch through armour (and skulls...).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_hammer

 

[arc101]

Chain gun.

uhhh... *facepalm*

 

[Grampy_bone]

Flail enough said a mace head on a chain swing it and watch the heads pop damn i love the flail such a weapon sheer badassery.

Actually the classic "spiked ball attached to pole by chain" never actually existed. It's an invention of modern fiction.

 

[Souplex]

I have a thing for all sorts of polearms. Glaives, halberds lucerne hammers take your pick.

 

[APPCRASH]

I like the Franciscan throwing axe. I mean, it basically defeated the roman legion. How badass was that?

Speaking of, the roman Principe's equipment and fighting style were all awesome. Throw Pilum javelins to disable enemy attacks, advance to close range with scutum shields, hack to bits with gladius swords.

Jesus, science, and crazy nutters defeated the roman legions.

 

[Sewblon]

Twin hooks.

 

[Grampy_bone]

I like the Franciscan throwing axe. I mean, it basically defeated the roman legion. How badass was that?

Speaking of, the roman Principe's equipment and fighting style were all awesome. Throw Pilum javelins to disable enemy attacks, advance to close range with scutum shields, hack to bits with gladius swords.

Jesus, science, and crazy nutters defeated the roman legions.

Ah, touche.

 

[Mordereth]

I like the Franciscan throwing axe. I mean, it basically defeated the roman legion. How badass was that?

Speaking of, the roman Principe's equipment and fighting style were all awesome. Throw Pilum javelins to disable enemy attacks, advance to close range with scutum shields, hack to bits with gladius swords.

Jesus, science, and crazy nutters defeated the roman legions.

Well, the empire was still alright while they were Catholic... (I'm definitely not talking about the "Holy Roman Empire" I mean the real deal while they were christian). But I agree Science and Crazy Nutters played a great role in the downfall.

 

[similar.squirrel]

The Atlatl looks cool, if somewhat ineffective.

 

[APPCRASH]

I like the Franciscan throwing axe. I mean, it basically defeated the roman legion. How badass was that?

Speaking of, the roman Principe's equipment and fighting style were all awesome. Throw Pilum javelins to disable enemy attacks, advance to close range with scutum shields, hack to bits with gladius swords.

Jesus, science, and crazy nutters defeated the roman legions.

Well, the empire was still alright while they were Catholic... (I'm definitely not talking about the "Holy Roman Empire" I mean the real deal while they were christian). But I agree Science and Crazy Nutters played a great role in the downfall.

About the time the barbarians were at the gate, the blame game started. Some people did blame Christianity for as they say "destroying the spirit of Rome." Personally I'd take Mars over the Christian god as my patron deity for war.

 

[MagnetoHydroDynamics]

I have to go with a Jumonji Yari spear. Only with the cross blades identical to the main blade.

Spoiler: image

There are so many cool weapons in this thread.

 

[S.H.A.R.P.]

From the choices you put up there, definitely the spring loaded dagger. Actually, I like one of those, and some fancy rapier too:

Spoiler: In fact, I am getting this one:

Spoiler: And with this main Gauge

Can't wait to get my hands on these on these babies.

Until I get my rifle remind me not to annoy you.

Don't worry, I don't really know how to handle them... yet. But I don't plan to skewer any fleshy substance. Fruits may be in peril though.

I suddenly feel much more revealed but ill probably be fantasying about shooting coconuts with this in September (Ill be using a Decommissioned one obviously)

When I get this I will be happy until I get a Lee-Enfield MkIII*

That's one freaky gun you've got there. Bet you can get some coconuts with that. Though the MKIII* might make a bigger bang.

 

[Mad Maniac with axe-firing chainsaw]

On the conventional front, I'd take the nomadic composite bow. It outranges the longbow for Pete's sake. Melee weapons would be the Roman Triarii's kit, spear, sword and a large shield. Oh, and a horse, but I'd dismount for melee and only when forced to.

 

[The Kind Cannibal]

http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/Weaponry/kaurina_lowlander.jpg

The Scots lowlanders? Cause that would be badass, combined with the highlander long claymores.
http://www.king-cart.com/store/oknight/hammer-long-cm3.jpg

 

[Drake the Dragonheart]

The Naginata.

Spoiler: Combines my two favorite weapons, the bo staff and the katana.

You've basically named my favorite type of weapon. Different kind of blade, though.

that seems pretty similar to a weapon I was thinking of, the naga-dung, same concept, except the blade is flat and double edged.
Personally I like the Kama as an "obscure" weapon.

Either a falchion

If that's considered obscure.

I always thought Falchions were the large two handed scimitars popular in the middle east region. Nevermind I just googled it, and that exact picture came up under falchion. The weapon in the picture looks close to a machete. So I guess a machete then would fall under classification as a falchion?

 

[APPCRASH]

http://www.kilts-n-stuff.com/Weaponry/kaurina_lowlander.jpg

William Wallace looks way hotter in this picture.

Too bad for you guys, guns win every time.

 

[Mordereth]

The Atlatl looks cool, if somewhat ineffective.

Hehe, yea it's like prehistoric mammoth-hunting gear.

About the time the barbarians were at the gate, the blame game started. Some people did blame Christianity for as they say "destroying the spirit of Rome." Personally I'd take Mars over the Christian god as my patron deity for war.

Well, if you operated like the Roman's and sacked temples and pulled village-wide massacres to keep the peace the only way to keep that kosher would be a "God of War" I s'ppose.

 

[Agayek]

Of the weapons I know of, I favor the kusarigama, just because the concept is awesome.

If we're talking swords though, Urumi's my favorite. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urumi