Dacian Falx test

[Dan Howard]

As mentioned above, he only talked of 'terrible wounds'. A falx - even if it was just a scythe blade on a stick - could have hacked off unprotected limbs, and left large gashes in flesh. Very bloody, probably.

It was designed to be a pruning hook after all. These backyard tests are useless without some comparative analysis. Try the same test with a Roman gladius and you'll see that the falx isn't so special.