Scythe sword
The scythe sword was a type of single-edged sword of the German Renaissance, related to the Dussack. It consisted of the blade of a scythe to which a sword hilt was attached. Like the falx or falcata of antiquity, it was thus a curved sword with the cutting edge on the inside.
The only known surviving example of a true scythe sword, is that of Thomas Müntzer, kept in the Historical Museum, Dresden. This sword has a representation of a runic calendar incised on the blade. Demmin notes the existence of other sword blades of the early 16th century bearing runic calendars in Berlin, Vienna, Paris, Munich, Graz and Luxembourg.
