Medieval Flails from Dark Knight Armoury

The flail is a medieval weapon that was used in Europe in the early 13th century. Flails have one or more weights that are attached to a handle with a chain. Another commonly used name for a flail is the morning star. Flails provided a great advantage to a horseman, because the horse's speed add momentum to the swing of the ball at the end. Flails were very difficult to block with a shield because the can curve around or over shields or amour. Disadvantages of the flail were controlling the direction and the space needed when swinging the flail. Flails endagered comrades or soldiers that stood near the knight swing the flail. Dark Knight Armoury has fully functional flails and decorative flails. We carry skull flails, one ball flails, two ball flails, Medieval flails and morning star flails.