Historical Sickle Combat Would Be... Sick.
The full video: • Sickle to the Face... Yikes! (Goeden...
It's easy to imagine how a medieval / renaissance era peasant might reach for a sickle as an improvised self-defense weapon. Martial techniques for fighting with sickles is even covered in this 16th century manuscript:
https://wiktenauer.com/wiki/Paulus_He...
How much damage might such a tool inflict? Well, see for yourself in this test on a skull analog covered in ballistic gel.
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