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Did the one-handed flail ever exist?
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Did the one-handed flail ever exist?
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Sure it did, theres one right there in your picture, OP
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>>400947
I've only seen flails like this, as well as spike-ball flails used in two hands rather than one.
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>>400970

Not the first guy, but one handed flails were usually a cavalry weapon, not an infantry one.
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>>400970
those large flails were primary a farming tool

looks really ungainly too. I reckon you'd be better off with a simple staff.
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>>400977
I've considered that one-handed flails were used in chariots, since they probably wouldn't be the most practical weapon on horseback, but I can't find any worthwhile proof of anyone even using one-handed flails as a weapon at all.
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>>400977
i could see one-handed maces being used in cavalry, but wouldnt a flail be unwieldy from horseback?
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>>401015
Im sure people made them. and im also sure everytime someone made one, a person near them would just say "why is did you only put one on?"
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>>401182

Not really. You have a 3-5 link chain (short) and just kind of ride along letting it swing.
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>>400944
no
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>>400944
Does this count
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>>400970
those things are for threshing wheat
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