09-25-2010, 04:20 PM
I doubt it. They could make swords and spears, after all, so it's not like there was something lacking in their technology. The cross-section of a falx blade would be triangular or a narrow wedge, so the back edge is actually blunt. Presumably up toward the point this flattened out, but I don't know if there was a couple inches of sharpened back edge or not. Should be pretty easy to determine from a close examination of an original, if you can get access to one! I don't think there was any *need* for a sharpened back edge--the point should work just fine without it.
Now, the older rhomphia *did* have 2 edges for about a third of the length of the blade. The rest had a T-shaped section, so the back actually had a rib or ridge, giving strength. But that's a different weapon, more subtle and versatile than the falx.
Valete,
Matthew
Now, the older rhomphia *did* have 2 edges for about a third of the length of the blade. The rest had a T-shaped section, so the back actually had a rib or ridge, giving strength. But that's a different weapon, more subtle and versatile than the falx.
Valete,
Matthew
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