I have done very little research on this so far, this was just a brainstorm thing. But what I found was a website saying they were used in 16th-17th century. Does anyone know that they were used earlier than that?
I have in mind a design for one for SCA Combat, but I want to see if they were used in my period before I do it. Thanks!
Aidan
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I've been able to trace variants of the military fork back as far as the middle of the 12th century. Have a look at the first and fourth pictures here.
They appear to be a weapon of the licentious soldiery rather than the knightly class, but they were certainly used.
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Egfroth
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They appear to be a weapon of the licentious soldiery rather than the knightly class, but they were certainly used.
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Egfroth
"I can hear the word money from a distance of fifty miles, if the wind's in the right direction"
Major Dennis Bloodnok, Queen's Forty-Third Deserters (retd.)
see my webpage at www.geocities.com/egfrothos