Fauchon (arms)

See also: Fauchon (homonymy)

A fauchon is a Saber with a hand, developed in Europe during the Moyen-âge and used between 11th and 16th century.

The blade generally measures between 40 and 60 centimetres, and can be right or slightly bent. It has a rather broad base and with the form of a Cimeterre whose point would have been truncated and would have an against-edge, making it possible to use this blade as well as a weapon of size as of weapon of tuck.

Let us mow are largely represented in the medieval iconography (Chronique of Froissard, Bible of the cardinal Maciéyowsky, etc), one can see some curved widening towards the point, provided with a against-wire, taken down point is variable according to the times, sometimes it even is formed in two even three taken down successive, forming “teeth of saws”. Let us mow are directly downward, not scimitars, according to certain historians, but of the hunting knifes, the utility blades like the former seax. Certain parts would show a abscence of guard and pommel like the current Machette S. At the 15th century it is a usual part of the equipment of the men of the Infanterie. The treaties of Escrime largely mention its use, specifying the manner of using the back of the blade, not edge, to receive and guide the unfavourable blade, thus sparing the wire of the weapon and facilitating against attack.

Let us mow are weapons normally with a hand or with a hand and half, which differentiates them from large mows or mows war, higher than 60 cm being handled with two hands. According to the place and the time, one can also find it under the denominations of “braquemard” or “large knife”.

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