[Ansteorra] Flails (was: Questions regarding slings & Tavern Fights)

[Jay Rudin]

Daniel wrote:

>I Have Heard that, in the early days, someone tried a flail made from
>some sort of rod + plastic chain + a Nerf football, as they thought
>Nerf would be soft enough.  As I heard it: wrong, the crack-the-whip
>effect made it hit very hard, and because it was on the end of a
>chain, it wasn't very controllable.  And so (the tale ended) they
>banned all flails, nunchuks, and their ilk.
>
>Have I indicated strongly enough how hearsayish the story was?

In the principality days, somebody brought one that was roughly three balls on three ropes. According to Duke Lloyd, the problem was that, unlike an actual flail, it was very light, so it was too easy to throw a shot that was nearly impossible to block (because it was three shots in three different locations). It was banned because it didn't act like a real weapon.

The problem with most flail designs is that if it's light, it's way too fast and easy. If it's heavy enough to behave like a flailing mass weapon, then it behaves like a flailing mass weapon.

Robin of Gilwell / Jay Rudin

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