The Cataphract Club

[ochoin]

....be a good name for some trendy, down-town rave.

However, I'm referring specifically to the heavily armoured cavalry of the Late Roman empire.
I'm painting some Tumbling Dice figures and the commander carries a shafted-weapon with a probably heavy knob on the end. Without wanting to be too technical, I'd call it a 'club'.

I've looked through the net but can't quite make out what said 'club' was made of......wooden haft & iron knob?
Any correction to that assumption?

donald

[Paul]

It's probably the Mace that the Cataphracts and other cavalry used at the time. The ridges or spikes on some of them were meant to help combat armour. They varied a lot in size!
Generally metal heads with wooden hafts.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/ ... 12_GIM.jpg

[grizzlymc]

I'm having a cataphract cut out on friday.

[BaronVonWreckedoften]

Did they have blazers made then?

[grizzlymc]

They declined to cut out my cataphract. I am COVID positive but still asymptomatic 4 days later.