Tournament Dussack

– blade length about 63 cm
– total length about 80 cm
– crossguard width about 16 cm
– blade width at the crossguard about 4 cm
– blade width at the wide part about 10 cm
– weight about 1600 g.
– 65G spring steel, hardening 50 HRC
– Intended for full-contact fencing.
– Blade is blunted (difference from bladed weapons)
– There are no weaknesses in the tang.
Hilt assembly (pommel, crossguard) is made of steel. Hilt is wrapped in leather.
A household knife gradually transformed into a combat weapon for the lower classes of society, and later its advantages were appreciated by privileged classes as well. There is no exact information on whether the dussack was used by professional military personnel or remained part of training equipment.