Armed for Mutiny: Improvised Pirate Melee Weaponry

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In a pinch, pretty much anything hard or sharp enough can be used as a weapon to stab vital bits or bludgeon a skull. A wooden ship was full of dangerous implements, which while far from conventional, or maybe even effective, could be taken up, and used for destructive ambitions.

Modern sources:
La Belle - Bruseth et. al
Boarders Away II. With Steel - William Gilkerson


Period sources:
A General History of the Pyrates - Captain Charles Johnson
A Cruising Voyage Round the World - Woodes Rogers
A Voyage Round the World - William Betagh
An Universal Dictionary of the Marine - William Falconer
The Sea-man's dictionary - Sir Henry Manwayring


Timestamp:
0:00 Introduction
0:49 Clubs
4:30 Chisels and buckets
5:19 Marlinspike
6:45 Flails?
7:50 Grappling hook
8:39 Pipes
9:54 ...Spoons?

Music: DamaMay by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech

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