In old Finnish, word "väki" means "force" (as in "magical force" or "killing force") and "puukko" means "single-edged straight knife", so Väkipuukko would translate to something like "strong knife". Similar long-knives can be found in several areas.įinns used a long-knife know as "Väkipuukko". The last video appears a bit constrained due to the proximity in the port. They are Codex Wallerstein and Johannes Lecküchner's manuals, of which we have 2. Three major sources of information exist on this fighting style. Here are some videos depicting methods of fighting with the messer. The Kriegsmesser is a larger, curved, two handed variety. The Grosses messer was a generally single handed weapon with a somewhat lengthened hilt. Their overall level of fit and finish appeared well below that of falchions. Instead of pommels, they had end caps and they featured side-rings or flanges projecting 90* from the quillions to protect the knuckles. The messer had a slab tang configuration, much like heavy duty knives. The contrast was mostly in the hilt configuration falchions had quillions and pommels just like the contemporary double edge counterparts, and exchanged thickness of blade for wideness at the point of impact the thickest falchion I've studied (working on a paper) is just 6mm at the thickest portion. Instead, the Germans had a similar but contrasting weapon called the messer. While the falchion was developed from the sword (possibly the Norwegian Long Sax) and saw great popularity in Italy, France and England, it was not as popular in Germany.
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