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A fauchard is a type of polearm
Pole weapon

A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user's effective range....
 which was used in medieval Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 from the 11th through the 14th centuries. The design consisted of a curved blade put atop a 2 m (6-7 feet) long pole. The blade bore a moderate to strong curve along its length, however unlike a glaive
Glaive

A glaive is a polearm consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole . It is similar to the Japanese naginata and the China Guan Dao....
 the cutting edge was only on the concave
Concave

The word concave means curving in or hollowed inward. The term is most commonly used to refer to:* Lens #Types of simple lenses, a lens with inward-curving surfaces....
 side. This made the fauchard blade resemble that of a sickle
Sickle

A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade typically used for harvesting cereal crop or cutting grass for hay. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can draw or swing the blade against the base of the crop, catching it in the curve and slicing it at the same time....
 or a scythe
Scythe

A scythe is an agriculture hand tool for mowing grass or reaping agriculture. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia....
. This was not a very efficient design for the purposes of war, and was eventually modified to have one or more lance
Lance

The term lance has become a catchall for a variety of different pole weapons based on the spear. The name is derived from lancea, Ancient Rome auxiliaries' javelin, although according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word may be of Iberian language origin....
 points attached to the back or top of the blade.






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A fauchard is a type of polearm
Pole weapon

A pole weapon or polearm is a close combat weapon in which the main fighting part of the weapon is placed on the end of a long shaft, typically of wood, thereby extending the user's effective range....
 which was used in medieval Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
 from the 11th through the 14th centuries. The design consisted of a curved blade put atop a 2 m (6-7 feet) long pole. The blade bore a moderate to strong curve along its length, however unlike a glaive
Glaive

A glaive is a polearm consisting of a single-edged blade on the end of a pole . It is similar to the Japanese naginata and the China Guan Dao....
 the cutting edge was only on the concave
Concave

The word concave means curving in or hollowed inward. The term is most commonly used to refer to:* Lens #Types of simple lenses, a lens with inward-curving surfaces....
 side. This made the fauchard blade resemble that of a sickle
Sickle

A sickle is a hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade typically used for harvesting cereal crop or cutting grass for hay. The inside of the curve is sharp, so that the user can draw or swing the blade against the base of the crop, catching it in the curve and slicing it at the same time....
 or a scythe
Scythe

A scythe is an agriculture hand tool for mowing grass or reaping agriculture. It was largely replaced by horse-drawn and then tractor machinery, but is still used in some areas of Europe and Asia....
. This was not a very efficient design for the purposes of war, and was eventually modified to have one or more lance
Lance

The term lance has become a catchall for a variety of different pole weapons based on the spear. The name is derived from lancea, Ancient Rome auxiliaries' javelin, although according to the Oxford English Dictionary, the word may be of Iberian language origin....
 points attached to the back or top of the blade. This weapon is called a fauchard-fork, but is very often erroneously referred to as a guisarme
Guisarme

A guisarme was a pole weapon used in Europe primarily between 1000-1400. It was used primarily to dismount knights and horsemen. Like most pole weapon it was developed by peasants by combining hand tools with long poles: in this case by putting a pruning hook onto a spear shaft....
 or bill-guisarme
Bill (weapon)

The bill is a polearm used by infantry in Europe in the Viking Age by Vikings and Anglo-Saxons as well as in the 14th, 15th, and 16th centuries....
 since it superficially appears to have a 'hook'.