Updated 05-May-2020.
Mondo shtuff from around the internet, all about FALCHION!
My botty best at summarizing from Wikipedia: a falchion (; Old French: fauchon; Latin: falx, “sickle”) is a one-handed, single-edged sword of European origin . falchions are found in different current theories are that they were the anti-cloth armour weapon of the day . the type seems to be confined to the 13th and 14th centuries . they present a very thin blade, often only 1.2 mm the Thorpe Falchion, a surviving example from the 13th century, was just under 904 grams (1.99 lb) in weight . of its 956 millimetres (37.6 inches) length the 13th century sabres have a falchion-like blade mounted on a wooden shaft 1–2 ft (30–61 cm) long . falchions are sometimes misunderstood falchions were quick slashing weapons more similar to shamshir or sabres . the Conyers falchion belonged to a landed family . some later falches were or