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[AlexV]

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In fact, this franciska is from a commercial-website, baught before i red german's (and french) books on this weapon.
It appears, in tests and in archeology, that the shaft and the handle have an angle between 99° and 116°, for a maximal effect on the target ( +to avoid the handle's break).
For now, i keep it, and me + my association will command some types of franciskas, to test in regards of this angle if this influence a lot the effects (for picts, you will need to wait until 2014 :p ).

If you're interested; here's some points about the manufacturing of the franciska:
http://241-752.forumgratuit.fr/t19-franc...-et-haches
here the tests made by an archeologist/industrial steelmaker arround 1950 about the ballistic:
http://241-752.forumgratuit.fr/t17-balis...rancisques
And there the Huebener's classification (simplified):
http://241-752.forumgratuit.fr/t22-class...-itinerant

I hope one day 'ill have one of each of the I A/B/C/D and 3/J/K models to test it (and with a corroyed of damassed made, correct weight, etc.. )