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The scythe sword (Sensenschwert) was a type of single-edged sword of the German Renaissance, related to the Dussack. It consisted of the blade of a scythe to which a sword hilt was attached. Like the falx or falcata of antiquity, it was thus a curved sword with the cutting edge on the inside (as opposed to the scimitar or sabre type with the edge on the outside). The Thracian romphaia is often compared to a Dacian falx. A longer version of a romphaia. The romphaia was a close-combat bladed weapon used by the Thracians as early as 350-400 BC.

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  • The scythe sword (Sensenschwert) was a type of single-edged sword of the German Renaissance, related to the Dussack. It consisted of the blade of a scythe to which a sword hilt was attached. Like the falx or falcata of antiquity, it was thus a curved sword with the cutting edge on the inside (as opposed to the scimitar or sabre type with the edge on the outside). The Thracian romphaia is often compared to a Dacian falx. A longer version of a romphaia. The romphaia was a close-combat bladed weapon used by the Thracians as early as 350-400 BC. (en)
  • La spada-falce, italianizzazione della parola di lingua tedesca Sensenschwert, fu una particolare tipologia di spada apparsa durante il Rinascimento nel Sacro Romano Impero Germanico. Si componeva della lama di una falce montata sull'impugnatura di una spada ad una mano. L'arma, molto simile nella linea all'antico ensis falcatus in uso alle truppe dell'Impero romano, aveva il filo sul lato concavo della lama ricurva (là dove, invece, una scimitarra ha il filo sul lato convesso). (it)
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  • The scythe sword (Sensenschwert) was a type of single-edged sword of the German Renaissance, related to the Dussack. It consisted of the blade of a scythe to which a sword hilt was attached. Like the falx or falcata of antiquity, it was thus a curved sword with the cutting edge on the inside (as opposed to the scimitar or sabre type with the edge on the outside). The only known surviving example of a true scythe sword (its blade being made from an actual scythe), is that of Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525), kept in the Historical Museum, Dresden. This sword has a representation of a runic calendar incised on the blade. Demmin (1893) notes the existence of other sword blades of the early 16th century bearing runic calendars in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Munich, Graz and Luxembourg. It is possible that “scythe sword” may refer to the Thracian romphaia (Greek: ῥομφαία), most commonly a long curved blade with its cutting edge on the concave or inside edge with a piercing point, attached to a *pole* (wood handle) that's shorter than the blade. The Thracian romphaia is often compared to a Dacian falx. A longer version of a romphaia. The romphaia was a close-combat bladed weapon used by the Thracians as early as 350-400 BC. The two-handed falx is clearly related to the Thracian rhomphaia. It is a derivative of both the sword and the spear, used by the Dacians . Both the romphaia and dax weapons were made in one hand and two handed versions. Most surviving examples suggest the smaller shorter “one hand” type actually would have been “hand and a half”, where the second hand was used more as a lever to make strokes, thrusts, recoveries and angle of attack changes more rapid and fluid. So, “scythe sword” *could* refer to a romphaia, or dax possibly. (en)
  • La spada-falce, italianizzazione della parola di lingua tedesca Sensenschwert, fu una particolare tipologia di spada apparsa durante il Rinascimento nel Sacro Romano Impero Germanico. Si componeva della lama di una falce montata sull'impugnatura di una spada ad una mano. L'arma, molto simile nella linea all'antico ensis falcatus in uso alle truppe dell'Impero romano, aveva il filo sul lato concavo della lama ricurva (là dove, invece, una scimitarra ha il filo sul lato convesso). L'unico esemplare ad oggi noto di spada-falce si trova nel Museo Storico di Dresda ed apparteneva a Thomas Müntzer (1489–1525), animatore della Guerra dei contadini tedeschi del 1524-1526. L'arma si distingue per la presenza di un calendario runico inciso sulla lama. Lo studioso Auguste Demmin riportò dell'esistenza di spade con calendari runici, databili al principio del XVI secolo, a Berlino, Vienna, Parigi, Graz, Lussemburgo e Monaco di Baviera. (it)
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