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{{Infobox weapon
|name= Dusack, Tessak, Dussägge
| image= Tessak_type_F_NF.2010-0624.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption= Tessak – [[Norway]], 16th century
|origin= [[The Holy Roman Empire|German Lands]]
|type= Sabre
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|is_bladed=yes
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|production_date= 1560s
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|variants= Hilt Typology A - H
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|part_length= {{convert|25-38|in|abbr=on}}
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|blade_type= curved (occasionally straight)
|hilt_type= thumb ring, half basket, "Sinclair hilt"
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[[File:Meyer 1570 155.jpg|thumb|300px|Figure illustrating the basic cuts with the ''Dusäck'' in [[Joachim Meyer]]'s fencing manual; a pair of fencers using the ''Dusäck'' is shown in the background (illustration by [[Tobias Stimmer]], 1570).]]
A '''dusack''' or '''dussack''' (
==Military sidearm==
▲A '''dussack''' (from Czech ''tesák'' "[[hunting sword]]"<ref>in [[Early Modern High German]] variously spelled ''dusack, dysack, tesak, tuseckn, thuseckn, disackn, dusägge, dusegge, dusegg''</ref>) is a German or Hungarian type of sword of the [[cutlass]] type,<ref>Charles John Ffoulkes, ''The Armourer and His Craft from the XIth to the XVIth Century'', Courier Corporation, 1912, [https://books.google.ch/books?id=F-CHHCk2ybsC&pg=PA159 p. 159].</ref>
[[File:Värja, "Ziscas svärd", möjligen Södra Tyskland, tidigt 1600-tal - Skoklosters slott - 42213.tif|thumb|upright|German sabre of the early 17th century, known as "[[Jan Žižka|Zisca]]'s sword" ([[Skokloster Castle]], SKO 7300)]]
The Czech term entered German usage in the [[Hussite Wars]], after the [[Sidearm (weapon)|sidearm]] used by the [[Hussites]]. In the late 16th century, ''Dusägge'' could refer to a type of weapon combining a [[sabre]] blade with the hilt of a [[sidesword]] (the German ''Degen''), also known as ''Säbel auf Teutsch gefasst'' ("sabre fitted in the German manner"). The ''Dusägge'' in this sense was used as a military sidearm; e.g. in 1579, [[Duchy of Styria|Styria]] records delivery of some 700 ''Dusäggen'' by local bladesmiths, besides payment of 40 ''Dusäggen'' delivered from [[Passau]], as part of the preparation for the [[Long Turkish War|war against the Turks]] under [[Charles II, Archduke of Austria|Archduke Charles II]].<ref>[http://www.waffensammlung-beck.ch/waffe2.html "Säbel, 'Dusägge', Deutsch Ende 16. Jahrhundert"], Waffensammlung Beck, Inv-Nr.:Be 10.</ref>
The German sabre together with the name ''tessak'' was adopted in Norway. A closely related weapon is the ''schnepf'' or [[Swiss sabre]] used in [[Early Modern Switzerland]].<ref>[[Claude Blair]], "The Early Basket Hilt in Britain" in: ''Scottish Weapons and Fortifications'' (ed. David H. Caldwell, 1981)</ref>
The dussack represented ashort, single-edged weapon in a training environment. As usage of the dussack became more widespread, various schools turned use of the dussack into a sport as opposed to training for a real weapon.<ref name=Amberger>{{cite book|title=The secret history of the sword: adventures in ancient martial arts|last=Amberger|first=J. Christoph |pages=185–186|publisher = Multi-Media Book|year= 2000|ISBN=978-1-892515-04-9 }}</ref>▼
==Practice weapon==
Practice dussacks had a short, thick, single-edged blade measuring between 25 and 38 inches (65 and 95 cm) long. A dussack was usually made of wood. Additionally there is a single reference to dussacks also being made from leather, and there are a small number of simple metal dussacken known to survive. The dussack was gently curved and brought to a point at the tip. The dussack often lacked a hilt. Instead, the handgrip was merely a hole cut inside of the blade; without a [[Hilt#Pommel|pommel]] or upper [[Hilt#Guard|guard]], it looked something like a large hole for gripping scissors.<ref>Amberger (2000)p.222</ref>▼
[[Image:Dussack 01.jpg|thumb|250px|Depiction of a German fencing school, with a pair of fencers using ''dussaken'' shown in the foreground right.]]
[[Joachim Meyer]] in 1570 depicts the ''Dusäck'' as the practice weapon with broad, curving blade and a simple oval grip.
▲The dussack represented
▲Practice dussacks had a short, thick, single-edged blade measuring between {{convert|25
No wooden (or leather) practice dussacks are known to have survived; unsurprising given the perishable nature of the dussack, and only woodcuts and training manuals from the period document their existence.▼
Egerton Castle claimed that dussacks were used by the French Navy up through the 19th century.<ref>Castle (1885), p.247.</ref>
▲No wooden (or leather) practice dussacks are known to have survived; unsurprising given the perishable nature of
==See also==
* [[
* [[Sabre]]
* [[Katzbalger]]
* [[Messer (weapon)]]
* [[Basket-hilted sword]]
* [[Scythe sword]]
==References==
{{reflist}}
==External links==
*[https://digitaltmuseum.no/search/?q=tessak "tessak" (digitalmuseum.no)]
*[http://norskevaapen.no/?p=1776 Tessak – The Farmer's Sword (norskevaapen.no)]
[[Category:Early Modern European swords]]
[[Category:European swords]]
[[Category:European weapons]]
[[Category:Renaissance-era swords]]
[[Category:Renaissance-era weapons]]
[[Category:Single-edged swords]]
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