[Quiet Man Cometh]

I watched a series on Medieval weaponry that had put together re-enactments and such. Interesting show. Yeah, flail balls were tiny, somewith very long chains infact, but unfortunately were only good for one swing because the idea was to keep them moving and starting back up again would take too much time and effort. Hence knights carried a pile of weapons.

What I found fascinating was that the flail was later in coming than other stuff. It seems almost primative but it was a reaction to plate armour, along with the effectivenes of frightened peasants with wheat flails against mounted knights.

The internet did behave throughout the forth download but it may have clicked off an on too fast for the little globe icon to register. S*it happens.