Quote Originally Posted by The Fury View Post
OK, I'm not sure that this is appropriate for this thread because it's about something that's only sort of a weapon.
What I've noticed is that in rural areas, especially on farms, workers will often carry knives with them, generally decent-sized and single-edged. I think some people call them "chore knives." In older times I know that they were sometimes made out of whatever metal was available, for example my great-grandfather used one made out of an old saw blade, I've also seen them made out of old kitchen knives.
It seems to me that medieval peasants would use something similar just because they're so useful. That said I've not been able to uncover any information about what they looked like, how they were made or anything. Most information I can find is about daggers and stuff meant for actually fighting.
There is Pictures of actual medival pesant knives out there, as this link:
http://www.google.com/search?q=medie...ml%3B500%3B125