Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-26397825-20170714130723/@comment-25936766-20170731153453

SpiritedDreaming wrote:

...That's too small I think. That sort of sizing means there's barely any hand space to work with, let alone reach with the weapon. It works as a flail, since the chain length is there, but the mention of a morningstar form is throwing me off since it can't really be used as one effectively. Well, fun fact: Morning Stars are not the "spiky ball with chain connected to a stick" weapons. Those are just Flails.

Morning Stars were rigid weapons. They were spiky clubs, not spiky flails. The misconception is common in media, but anyone who bothers to do their research can see the difference. Example (Morning Star is the middle one).

Now, conceptual facts aside, Flails historically had hafts of approximately 1-4 feet in length. So, actually, if the Haft was even just 31cm, it's fine.