Billhook

Billhooks were a type of agricultural tool in the Realms that could double as an improvised weapon.

Description
Billhooks had wooden shafts and iron heads that consisted of a hook and a sharp, barbed tip.

Availability

 * Aurora's Whole Realms Catalogue sold billhooks, as well as molds for smiths to make billhook hooks for 7 silver pieces a piece. The catalogue advertised the tool as being useful for removing the loose thatch off of a roof in the case of a fire and for attacking vermin that nested in thatched roofs.
 * The Iron Bull Smithy in Ravens Bluff sold billhooks for 5 gold pieces.



History
The combination polearm known as the bill-guisarme was developed from this tool.

Notable Users

 * Harginn were often known to fight with long billhooks.
 * Some in the Blade Kingdoms were known to use their billhooks as weapons.

Trivia
A billhook featured prominently in the story, "The Adventure of the Battledale Billhook".

Appearances

 * Novels
 * The Council of Blades
 * Murder in Cormyr
 * Murder in Cormyr