I’m seeing a lot of variance in the ratios. Some flails have longer handles, some have short. Some have chains as long or longer than the handle, some have almost non-existent chains. What are the advantages and disadvantages of various handle and chain lengths, and is there an “optimal” ratio?
Are those called flails? I’ve always assumed if a word is the same in french and german, it must be the same in English. I thought they would be called morgenstern or maybe morning star.
Although commonly called “Morgenstern” in German, they’re technically called “(Streit-)Flegel”, so “flail” in both English and German.
“Morning star”/“Morgenstern” refers to a spiky ball on a club without any chain.
Is this different than “mace” because a mace doesn’t have to be spiky?