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Billhooks were made of steel. They were agricultural tools made for cutting and pruning, with a curve in the blade and the inside edge sharpened, as it is on a sickle, but rather more heavily built. The weapon was made by attaching the agricultural billhook to a pole, and if there was a spear point as well, it made a formidable weapon. Such weapons were mostly used by agricultural workers formed into militias, rather than soldiers. In the Renaissance, billhooks were built for military purposes, much as halberds were.

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