Billhook, the Perfect Polearm?

“Where I gather, that the Bil is the most perfect weapō of all others, because it striketh & hurteth in euery of these sixe motiōs, & his defences both cut & prick,“ His True Arte of Defence, by Giacomo di Grassi, 1570, translated in 1594. #polearm #hema #history #renaissance #shorts