05-27-2005, 07:59 AM
A billhook is an english polearm that was original a farming tool, (as most weapons start off as) It has a fat trawl that goes into a point for hunting (the spear) one side is sharped to chop wood ( the axe) and the other side had a hook (hence the name) witch was used for geting things from trees or draging animal bodys ( would be used to hook and drag men off there horse's or grab another persons weapon to stwist it out of there grip) this was later replaced by the bill-guisarmes witch is a diffrent animal to use.