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| − | A '''Dussack''' (also dusack, dysack, tesak, tuseckn, thuseckn, disackn, or dusägge, dusegge, dusegg, from the Czech "tesák") is a large type of knife often with a long cutting edge in the front and a shorter in the back. It is thought to originate from Central and Eastern Europe (specifically in Bohemia in 300 AD).
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| − | The word dussack was adopted about the [[16th century]] by the [[Germany|Germans]] to refer to a [[waster|practice weapon]] of similar design.<ref name=Amberger/> This dussack was intended to represent various short, single-edged weapons in a training environment. Using a dussack, one could train for the [[falchion]], or [[cutlass]], ''Hiebmesser'' or ''[[großes Messer]]'' (which translates to English as "big knife"). As usage of the dussack became more widespread, various schools turned use of the dussack into a sport as opposed to training for a real weapon.<ref name=Amberger>{{cite book|title=The secret history of the sword: adventures in ancient martial arts|last=Amberger|first=J. Christoph |pages=185–186|publisher = Multi-Media Book|year= 2000|ISBN=978-1-892515-04-9 }}</ref>
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| − | Practice dussacks had a short, thick, single-edged blade measuring between 25 and 38 inches (65 and 95 cm) long. A dussack was usually made of wood. Additionally there is a single reference to dussacks also being made from leather, and at least one metal dussack is known to survive. The dussack was gently curved and brought to a point at the tip. The dussack often lacked a hilt. Instead, the handgrip was merely a hole cut inside of the blade; without a [[Hilt#Pommel|pommel]] or upper [[Hilt#Guard|guard]], it looked something like a large hole for gripping scissors.<ref>Amberger (2000)p.222</ref>
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| − | No wooden (or leather) practice dussacks are known to have survived; unsurprising given the perishable nature of the dussack, and only woodcuts and training manuals from the period document their existence.
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| − | *[http://interestingswords.com/historical-swords/saber/the-dussack.html Dussack. Description and foto]
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